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Serial set 6749	Constitution, Jefferson's Manual, and Rules of the House of Representatives of the United States, with a digest of the practice Sixty-third Congress, second session, by Bennet C. Clark, clerk at the Speaker's table	1
Serial set 6750	Annual report of the clerk of the House of Representatives, South Trimble, giving names of employees of the House and their respective compensations; the expenditures from the contingent fund; the amounts drawn from the Treasury; the stationery accounts; and unexpended balances for the year ending June 30, 1913. December 3, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Accounts and ordered to be printed.	1
Serial set 6751	Report of the Committee on the Merchant Marine and Fisheries on steamship agreements and affiliations in the American foreign and domestic trade under H. Res. 587. Prepared under direction of the Chairman of the Committee by S.S. Huebner including the recommendations of the Committee.	1
Serial set 6752	Journal of the Forty-eighth national encampment Grand Army of the Republic Detroit, Michigan September 3 and 4 including semiofficial meeting September 1, 1914.	1
Serial set 6753	The first and second International Peace Conferences. Held at The Hague 1899 and 1907.	1
Serial set 6754	Expenditures for preventing the spread of epidemic diseases. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a detailed report of the expenditures under the appropriation "preventing the spread of epidemic diseases" during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1913. December 4, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department and ordered to be printed. National farm-land banks. Interpretation of H.R. 12585, a bill to establish national farm-land banks, or a statement of the considerations which have led the commission to suggest the bill. January 29, 1914. -- Ordered to be printed. Regulation of immigration of aliens. Letter from the Secretary of Labor transmitting comments, data, and suggestions on a Bill (H.R 6060) to regulate the immigration of aliens to and the residence of aliens in the United States. February 2, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization and ordered to be printed. Rules of procedure, Five Civilized Tribes. Rules of procedure in probate matters adopted by the county judges of the Five Civilized Tribes portion of Oklahoma, together with the resolutions and statement of approval thereto attached. February 17, 1914. -- Ordered to be printed. Prevention and eradication of hog cholera. Report on the plan of work, the results secured, and the money expended by the Department of Agriculture in demonstrating the best method of preventing and eradicating hog cholera. February 19, 1914. -- Ordered to be printed. Safeguarding the coast of Alaska. Letter from the Secretary of Commerce, transmitting copy of a communication from certain steamship companies relating to a provision for the safeguarding of the coast of Alaska. January 12, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce and ordered to be printed. Studies of pellagra. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, inviting attention to the urgent need of an appropriation for special physico-chemical and metabolic studies of pellagra. January 12, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Roads and bridges on Wind River Reservation. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting copies of reports, together with maps, from the superintendent in charge of the Shoshone Indian School and the assistant engineer of the Shoshone irrigation project in Wyoming pertaining to the construction of roads and bridges on the Wind River Reservation. January 12, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed with illustrations. Statement of cost of experimental manufacture of guns, War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a letter from the Chief of Ordnance...submitting statements of the cost of all type and experimental manufacture of guns and other articles, and the average cost of the several classes of guns and other articles manufactured by the government ...Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Enforcement of navigation laws. Letter from the Secretary of Commerce, transmitting letter from the Acting Commissioner of Navigation concerning items appearing in the estimates of the Bureau of Navigation for the coming fiscal year. December 11, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Reports of military prisons, Fort Leavenworth, Kans., and Alcatraz Island, Cal. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the President of the Board of Commissioners of the United States Soldiers' Home, dated October 21, 1913... for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1913. December 6, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the War Department and ordered to be printed. Bridge across Moencopi Wash. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a report on the investigation of the conditions on the Western Navajo Indian Reservation, in Arizona, with respect to the necessity of constructing a bridge across the Moencopi Wash, on said reservation, etc. December 1, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed, with illustrations. Committee on Woman Suffrage. Hearing before the Committee on Rules. House of Representatives, Sixty-third Congress, second session on resolution establishing a Committee on Woman Suffrage. December 3, 4, and 5, 1913. Annual reports, War Department, fiscal year ended June 30, 1913. Twenty-third report of the Board of Ordnance and Fortification to the Secretary of War 1913. December 2, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Study and investigation of boll weevil and hog cholera plagues. Letter from the Secretary of Agriculture, transmitting information regarding the study and investigation of the boll weevil and hog cholera plagues, as directed in House Resolution No. 254, dated September 16, 1913. December 10, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and ordered to be printed. Withdrawal of lands, Flathead Indian Reservation, Mont. Letter from the First Assistant Secretary of the Interior, transmitting report of withdrawals of lands that have been made in connection with the Flathead Indian Reservation, Mont. December 9, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Appropriations, expenditures, etc., Department of State. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a statement by the Secretary of State... being an invitation from the Government of the French Republic... to send delegates to an International Commission of Phytopathology... on February 24, 1914. December 19, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Protection of monuments on battle field of Bull Run. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a copy, with accompanying inclosures, of the report of the board of officers that was appointed by this department to consider the matter referred to in the act approved March 3, 1913 (Public Law no. 412), to protect monuments on the battle fields of Bull Run. December 17, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed, with illustration. Final report on removing wreck of battleship "Maine" from harbor of Habana, Cuba. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting with a letter from the Chief of Engineers final report of a special board of engineer officers on raising and removing the wreck of the U.S. battleship "Maine" from the harbor of Habana, Cuba. December 16, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustrations. Wearing of the uniforms of the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the draft of a bill to prevent the wearing of the uniforms of the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps by persons not entitled to wear such uniforms and to prevent discrimination...against officers or enlisted men of the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps. December 19, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Land withdrawals. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, submitting report on land withdrawals from settlement, location, sale, or entry under provisions of the act of Congress approved June 25, 1910 (36 Stat., 847). December 17, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Annual report of the Board of Trustees of the Postal Savings System for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1913. December 3, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Report of disbursements for agriculture and mechanic arts at colleges. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, submitting a report of the disbursements for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1914, made in the states and territories under provisions of the act approved August 30, 1890, providing for the endowment and support of colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts. December 3, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and ordered to be printed. Construction of levees for flood prevention. Mr. Humphreys of Mississippi presented the following article by T.C. Catchings on the power of Congress to appropriate money for the construction of levees for flood protection. December 6, 1913. -- Ordered to be printed Address of the President of the United States delivered at a joint session of the two Houses of Congress. December 2, 1913. December 2, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Tenth International Veterinary Congress. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of State submitting an invitation from the government of Great Britain to that of the United States to send delegates to the Tenth International Veterinary Congress, London, August 3 to 8, 1914. December 10, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Comment of House Bill 102. Letter from the Secretary of Labor, transmitting, in compliance with Rule 41 of the House of Representatives and in response to a letter from the Chairman of the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization, comment with regard to House Bill 102. January 23, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization and ordered to be printed. List of lease granted by the Secretary of War during 1913. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting list o f leases granted by the Secretary of War during the calendar year 1913, under authority of the act of Congress approved July 28, 1892 (27 Stat, L., 321). January 23, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. British municipal trading undertakings. Letter from Albert Halstead, consul of the United States at Birmingham, England, transmitting reports of the results of British municipal trading undertakings. February 6, 1914. -- Ordered to be printed. Protection of national military parks. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting a draft of a bill for the better protection of national military parks. January 12, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Trusts and monopolies. Address of the President of the United States before the joint session of Congress Tuesday, January 20, 1914. January 20, 1914. -- Ordered to be printed and referred, so much as relates to the establishment of an interstate-trade commission, to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, and the remainder to the Committee on the Judiciary. Indian tuberculosis sanitarium and Yakima Indian Reservation project. Report of the Joint Commission on Indian Tuberculosis Sanitarium and Yakima Indian Reservation Project. December 20, 1913. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Observations concerning section 9 of H.R. 6060. Letter from the Secretary of Labor, submitting additional observations concerning section 9 of H.R. 6060. February 4, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization and ordered to be printed.	33
Serial set 6755	Pensions for survivors of certain Indian wars. Hearings before a subcommittee of the Committee on Pensions House of Representatives... having under consideration various bills introduced and referred to the Committee on Pensions for the purpose of pensioning the survivors of the Indian wars that occurred after the late Civil War. March 7, 1914 revised print. May 9, 1914. -- Ordered to be printed. San Carlos irrigation project, Arizona. Report to the Secretary of War of a board of engineer officers, United States Army, under Indian Appropriation Act of August 24, 1912, on the San Carlos irrigation project, Arizona. February 25, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed, with illustrations. Relocation of certain rights of way in the District of Columbia. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting copy of a bill to authorize the War Department to enter into an agreement with the Philadelphia, Baltimore & Washington Railway Co. for the establishment of boundary lines and the relocation of... rights of way... March 23, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. Report on coal in Alaska for use in United States Navy. A letter from the Secretary of the Navy transmitting report of survey and investigation by experimental tests of coal in Alaska for use on board ships United States Navy, and upon coal and coal fields available for said purpose. April 3, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed, with illustrations. Sixth International Congress of Chambers of Commerce and Commercial and Industrial Associations. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of State, being an invitation from the Government of the French Republic to send delegates to the Sixth International Congress of Chambers of Commerce, etc. April 25, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. International Congress on Neurology, Psychiatry, and Psychology, Berne, Switzerland. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting... an invitation to the United States government to send delegates to an International Congress on Neurology, Psychiatry, and Psychology... September 7 to 12, 1914. May 26, 1914. -- Message and accompanying papers referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Treaty items, Indian appropriation bill. Letter from the Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs submitting information relative to existing treaties between various Indian tribes and the United States. June 11, 1914. -- Ordered to be printed. Ninth annual report of the American National Red Cross. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting ninth annual report of the American National Red Cross, showing receipts and expenditures during the period January 1 to December 31, 1913. June 10, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce and ordered to be printed. Connecting parkway between Potomac and Zoological Parks. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, submitting resolution relative to the acquirement of land and premises along Rock Creek for the purpose of connecting Potomac Park with the Zoological Park and Rock Creek Park... May 26, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. International Congress of Musical Science and History. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting invitation to participate in International Congress of Musical Science and History to be held in Paris, June, 1914, also letter from the Librarian of Congress showing favor with which he views the proposed gathering. May 16, 1914. -- Message and papers referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Interstate Commerce Commission submitting report of investigation in the matter of the relation of common carriers subject to the Act To Regulate Commerce to Coal and Oil and the Transportation Thereof. July 20, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce and ordered to be printed. Act of Philippine Legislature. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting Act No. 2325 of the Third Philippine Legislature, entitled "An Act Amending Section 13 of Act No. 926, Known as 'The Public-Land Act,' by Specifying the Manner in Which the Publication of the Notices of Sale..." August 22, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Insular Affairs and ordered to be printed with accompanying papers. Railway mail pay. Report of the Joint Committee on Postage on Second-Class Mail Matter and Compensation for the Transportation of Mail. August 31, 1914. Sixty-third Congress, second session. August 31, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Steamboat-Inspection Service. Letter from the Assistant Secretary of Commerce, transmitting draft of a bill to amend sections 4404 and 4405, Revised Statutes of the United States...and striking out the provision in section 4405 [regarding]...meetings of the Board of Supervising Inspectors ... October 10, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce and ordered to be printed. Withdrawal of House Document No. 1175. Letter from the Secretary of Agriculture, requesting withdrawal of letter of Secretary of Agriculture of date October 14, 1914, in reference to pink boll worm of cotton, printed as House Document No. 1175. October 19, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and ordered to be printed. Sixth International Dental Congress. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting...copy of a letter from Ambassador Cecil Spring-Rice conveying an invitation to the United States government to participate in the Sixth International Dental Congress to be held at London, August 3 to 8, 1914. May 26, 1914. -- Message and accompanying papers referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Partial payments on public contracts. Letter from the Acting Secretary of Commerce, transmitting draft of a bill to authorize the Secretary of Commerce to make partial payments for work done under public contracts and providing for a lien on account of all payments made. June 12, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce and ordered to be printed. Appropriation for collection of specimens of elk, etc. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication of the Acting Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, submitting suggested provision for inclusion in the sundry civil appropriation bill for fiscal year 1915 ... June 4, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Relief, protection, and transportation of Americans in Europe. Message from the President of the United States, requesting an appropriation for the relief, protection, and transportation of American citizens in Europe. August 3, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. International Conference on Social Insurance. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of State submitting an invitation from the French republic to this government to send delegates to the international conference on social insurance to be held in Paris in September, 1914. July 27, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Emergency appropriation for diplomatic and consular service. Letter from the Secretary of State, requesting that Congress make an emergency appropriation of $1,000,000 for the use of the diplomatic and consular service. September 4, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. First-choice vote for reserve-bank cities. Letter from the Reserve Bank Organization Committee transmitting in response to the resolution of the House of Representatives, dated April 15, 1914, a statement of the ballots cast by the various national banks of the United States to determine their choice for reserve cities. July 29, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed. Relief of American citizens abroad. Message from the President of the United States, recommending passage by Congress of act making appropriation for relief of American citizens, etc. August 4, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Additional revenue. Address of the President of the United States delivered at a joint session of the two Houses of Congress, September 4, 1914. September 4, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Veto message relative to H.R. 7967. Message from the President of the United States, returning to the House of Representatives, without approval, House Bill 7967, entitled "An Act To Amend the Act Approved June 25, 1910, Authorizing a Postal Savings System." September 11, 1914. -- Message and accompanying papers referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Claim of the government of Norway. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of State, with accompanying papers, in relation to a claim presented by the government of Norway against the government on account of the detention of three members of the crew of the Norwegian ship "Ingrid." October 8, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Holder of title to railroads from Atchison to Waterville, Kans. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting certain information, under direction of House Resolution No. 295, regarding holder of title to railroads from Atchison to Waterville, Kans., and whether the United States has commenced action to recover principal and interest due on bonds issued... July 15, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. The military policy of the United States during the Mexican War, by Bvt. Maj. Gen. Emory Upton, United States Army. Abraham Lincoln. Speech of Hon. S.D. Fess, of Ohio, in the House of Representatives, Thursday, February 12, 1914. March 12, 1914. -- Ordered to be printed. Publicity in the making of government contracts. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting draft of bill to provide for publicity in the making of government contracts. March 16, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Exposition at City of Panama. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting communication from the Secretary of State in relation to the invitation from the government of Panama to this government to participate in an exposition at the City of Panama. March 17, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Prevention of damage by floods. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of the Board of Officers of the Corps of Engineers of the United States Army...for prevention of damage by flood to works constructed for the improvement of navigation, of interference with interstate commerce, and other disastrous results thereof. April 21, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. United States Public Health Service. The care of the baby. Prepared by a committee of the American Association for the Study and Prevention of Infant Mortality and presented to the association at its annual meeting held in Washington, D.C., November 14-17, 1913. Supplement No. 10 to the Public Health Reports, December 19, 1913. April 24, 1914. -- Ordered to be printed. International Exposition of Sea Fishery Industries, Boulogne-Sur-Mer, France. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of State in regard to an invitation from the French Republic to this government to participate in an international exposition of sea fishery industries, to be held at Boulogne-Sur-Mer, France, June 15 to October 1, 1914. April 10, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Prevention of epidemic diseases. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, requesting that the sum of $100,000 be appropriated by joint resolution or otherwise, to be immediately available for use in the prevention of the introduction and spread of epidemic diseases. April 28, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Relief of Americans in Mexico. Message from the President of the United States, recommending an appropriation for the purpose of providing means to bring to their homes in the United States American citizens now in Mexico. April 22, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed. Panama Canal tolls. Address of the President of the United States delivered at a joint session of the two Houses of Congress March 5, 1914. March 5, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce and ordered to be printed. The situation in our dealings with General Victoriano Huerta, at Mexico City. Address of the President of the United States delivered at a joint session of the two Houses of Congress April 20, 1914. April 20, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Sixth International Sanitary Conference of American States. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury... relative to an item of appropriation ... to enable the United States to be represented ... in the Sixth International Sanitary Conference of American States to be held at Montevideo, Uruguay, in December, 1914. April 10, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Statistics of coastwise traffic through Panama Canal. Letter from the Acting Secretary of Commerce, submitting draft of a bill to facilitate the procurement of statistics of the coastwise trade of the United States passing through the Panama Canal. April 25, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce and ordered to be printed. Red Lake Reservation, Minn. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a report of the drainage survey of the Red Lake Diminished Reservation, Minn. May 22, 1914. -- Ordered to be printed, with illustrations.	41
Serial set 6756	Expenditures of the Washington-Alaska military cable and telegraph system. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a letter from the chief signal officer of the Army reporting expenditures of the Washington-Alaska military cable and telegraph system, pursuant to act of Congress approved March 3, 1911. December 5, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the War Department and ordered to be printed. Report of the Maritime Canal Co. of Nicaragua. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a report of the Maritime Canal Co. of Nicaragua in accordance with section 6 of the act of Congress approved February 20, 1889 (H. Doc. No. 1044). December 3, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce and ordered to be printed. Traveling expenses of officers and employees of Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting statement showing in detail what officers and employees other than special agents...have traveled from Washington to points outside of the District of Columbia during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1913. December 3, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department and ordered to be printed. Traveling expenses, officers and employees, War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the travel expenses incurred by officers or employees of the War Department during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1913. December 3, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the War Department and ordered to be printed. Traveling expenses of officers or employees of the Interstate Commerce Commission. Letter from the Chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission transmitting a statement of expenses incurred by officials and employees of the commission on account of travel when absent from... December 3, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce and ordered to be printed. Proceeds of public property. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury transmitting a copy of a communication from the Assistant Secretary of War submitting reports from the Chief of Engineers, the Chief of Bureau of Ordnance, and the Surgeon General of the Army, showing the proceeds of the public property... December 4, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the War Department and ordered to be printed. Expenditures in the Smithsonian Institution. Letter from the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, transmitting a detailed statement of the expenditures for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1913... December 3, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on the Library and ordered to be printed. Additional story, baggage building, Immigrant Station, Ellis Island, N.Y. Letter from the Acting Secretary of Labor, in reference to appropriation for an additional story on baggage and dormitory building at the Immigrant Station, Ellis Island, New York Harbor. December 4, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Official emoluments of officers of the Customs Service. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an abstract of the official emoluments of officers of the Customs Service received by them during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1913. December 2, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department and ordered to be printed. Expenses of the Revenue-Cutter Service. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, submitting a report of the detailed expenses of the Revenue-Cutter Service for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1913. December 4, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department and ordered to be printed. Proceeds of sales of government property. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statement of the proceeds of all sales of old material, condemned stores, supplies, and other public property for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1913. December 4, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Contingent expenses of the Department of Commerce and Labor and the Department of Commerce. Letter from the Secretary of Commerce, transmitting detailed statements of "contingent expenses" of the Department of Commerce and Labor...during the period from July 1, 1911, to November 30, 1913. December 4, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Department and Commerce and ordered to be printed. Traveling expenses of officers or employees, Library of Congress. Letter from the Librarian of Congress, transmitting statement of travel expense incurred during the fiscal year 1912-13. December 3, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on the Library and ordered to be printed. Travel expenses of officers and employees of the Civil Service Commission. A letter from the President of the United States Civil Service Commission transmitting statement of travel expenses of officers and employees of said commission of the fiscal year ended June 30, 1913. December 4, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Reform in the Civil Service and ordered to be printed. Reports to be made to Congress. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives submitting a list of reports to be made to Congress by public officers during the sixty-third Congress. December 3, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Accounts and ordered to be printed. Rebuilding, extension, and betterments, Alaskan cable system. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a letter from the Chief Signal Officer of the Army reporting expenditures of the Washington-Alaska military cable and telegraph system, pursuant to act of Congress approved August 24, 1912. December 5, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the War Department and ordered to be printed. Annual report of commissioner of Freedman's Savings & Trust Co. Letter from the Acting Comptroller of the Treasury transmitting the annual report of the commissioner (ex officio) of the Freedman's Savings & Trust Co. for the year ended June 1, 1913. December 5, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. Repairs of buildings, Department of the Interior. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an itemized statement of expenditures made... and charged to the appropriation "repairs of buildings, Department of the Interior," for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1913. December 2, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Interior and ordered to be printed. Appropriation for sanitary department, Isthmian Canal. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting...an urgent deficiency estimate of appropriation required by the Isthmian Canal Commission for material and expenses on the Isthmus, sanitary department, Panama Canal, for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1914. December 4, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Expenses incurred by officers and employees of Interstate Commerce Commission at conventions, etc. Letter from the Secretary of the Interstate Commerce Commission, transmitting a detailed statement of the expenses incurred by officers and employees, in connection with meetings or conventions... December 3, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce and ordered to be printed. Expenses of regulating immigration. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the Acting Secretary of Labor submitting a statement of expenditures... for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1913, up to and including November 30, 1913... December 4, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Labor and ordered to be printed. Traveling expenses, officers and employees, Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements from the several officers and bureaus of the Treasury Department, showing in detail what officials and employees traveled on official business for the department to points outside of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1913. December 3, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department and ordered to be printed. Sale of waste paper. Letter from the Doorkeeper of the House of Representatives, showing the amount of money received from sale of waste paper from December 1, 1912, to December 1, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Accounts and ordered to be printed. John Y. Hitt. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a certified copy of the findings of fact and conclusion in the case of John Y. Hitt against the United States. December 8, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. Ralph Rogers. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a certified copy of the findings of fact and conclusions filed in the case of Ralph Rogers, son and sole heir of Dudley Rogers, deceased. December 8, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. Preston P. Doughty. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a certified copy of the finding of fact and conclusion in the case of Preston P. Doughty against the United States. December 8, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. Green B. Turner. A letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a certified copy of the findings of fact and conclusion filed in the case of Green B. Turner against the United States. December 8, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. John L. Beveridge. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a certified copy of the findings of fact and conclusions filed in the case of Philo J. Beveridge, son and one of the heirs of John L. Beveridge, deceased, against the United States. December 8, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. Certain appropriation for Lighthouse Service. Letter from the Secretary of the Commerce, transmitting detailed explanations in regard to certain items in the book of estimates of appropriations for 1915. December 2, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Expenditures for Indian schools and agency buildings, 1913. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting statement of expenditures for the fiscal year 1913 from the appropriation, "Indian school and agency buildings, 1913," Act of March 3, 1911. December 1, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Expenditures from the permanent fund of the Sioux Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting report of the expenditures from the permanent fund of the Sioux Indians during fiscal year ended June 30, 1913. December 1, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Expenditures "Industrial work and care of timber, 1913." Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting statement of expenditures for the fiscal year 1913 from the appropriation "industrial work and care of timber, 1913." December 1, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and ordered to be printed. Diversion of appropriations for Indian tribes. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a report that there have been no diversions in appropriations for the several Indian tribes for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1913. December 1, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Expenditures for salaries, Freedmen's Hospital. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, with a letter from the surgeon in chief of the Freedmen's Hospital, statement of expenditures for salaries, etc., for fiscal year ended June 30, 1913. December 2, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Interior and ordered to be printed. Expenditures of the Government Hospital for the Insane. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, with a letter from the Superintendent of the Government Hospital for the Insane, a detailed statement of the expenditures of said hospital for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1913. December 2, 1913. -- Referred to the Expenditure in the Department of the Interior and ordered to be printed. Relief of destitute Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting report showing the expenditures for the relief of destitute Indians for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1913, as required by act approved March 3, 1885. December 1, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Indians Affairs and ordered to be printed. Receipts and expenditures of Freedmen's Hospital. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, with a letter from the surgeon in chief of the Freedmen's Hospital, a detailed statement of the receipts and expenditures on account of pay patients received in the Freedmen's Hospital during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1913. December 2, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Interior Department and ordered to be printed. Miscellaneous expenses, Division of Naturalization. Letter from the Acting Secretary of Labor, transmitting a detailed report of expenditures under the appropriation "Miscellaneous expenses, Division of Naturalization, 1913." December 1, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriation and ordered to be printed. Appropriations, expenditures, etc., Department of State. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a statement by the Secretary of State, with accompanying papers, of appropriations, expenditures, etc., under the Department of State for fiscal year ended June 30, 1913. December 2, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the State Department and ordered to be printed. Fiscal affairs of Indian tribes. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting statement of the fiscal affairs of Indian tribes for fiscal year ended June 30, 1913, as required by law. December 1, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Expenditures of money carried as "Indian moneys, proceeds of labor." Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting report of expenditures of money carried as "Indian moneys, proceeds of labor," during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1913. December 1, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Traveling expenses, officers and employees of the Navy Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a list of officers and employees of the Navy Department, who, during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1913, traveled on official business from Washington, D.C., to the points named. December 2, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Navy Department and ordered to be printed. Expenditures for support of Indian schools, 1913. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting statement of expenditures for the fiscal year 1913 from the appropriation "Indian schools, support." December 1, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Moneys expended for irrigation and drainage, Indian Service, 1913. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting report showing distribution of moneys expended for irrigation and drainage, Indian Service, fiscal year ended June 30, 1913. December 1, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Appropriation for Indian school at Phoenix, Ariz. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting supplementary estimate of appropriation for the support and education of 700 Indian pupils at the Indian school at Phoenix, Ariz. December 1, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Industry among the Indians on the Tongue River Reservation, 1913. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a detailed statement of expenditures made for the purpose of encouraging industry among the Indians on the Tongue River Reservation during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1913. December 1, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Expenditures of Commerce Court. Letter from the Attorney General, transmitting a statement of the expenditures of the appropriation for the United States Commerce Court for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1913. December 9, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Justice and ordered to be printed. Expenditures of the United States Court of Customs Appeals, 1913. Letter from the Attorney General, transmitting a statement of the expenditures of the appropriation for the United States Court of Customs Appeals for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1913. December 9, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Justice and ordered to be printed. Claims against the United States adjusted by the Chief of Engineers, United States Army. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers, reporting certain claims against the United States... December 8, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. December 17, 1913. -- Committee on Rivers and Harbors discharged, referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Contingent expenses, Navy Department. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Navy transmitting a report of expenditures under the contingent appropriations for the Navy Department for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1913. December 4, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Navy Department and ordered to be printed. Inspections of disbursements and transfers by Army officers. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting one thousand six hundred and twenty-three reports of inspections of disbursements and transfers..., received in the Office of the Inspector General during the past fiscal year. December 5, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the War Department and Letter ordered to be printed. Persons employed in meat inspection. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a letter prepared by the Secretary of Agriculture showing the number of persons employed in meat inspection, the amount paid, etc., for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1913. December 4, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and ordered to be printed. Contingent expenses of the Department of the Interior. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an itemized statement of expenditures made by the department and charged to appropriation "contingent expenses, Department of the Interior," for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1913. December 2, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Interior Department and ordered to be printed. French spoliation cases dismissed by the Court of Claims for nonprosecution. A letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a list of French spoliation cases filed under the Act of January 20, 1885, which were dismissed by the court for nonprosecution. December 4, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Expenditures from the appropriation for contingent expenses, Department of Labor. Letter from the Acting Secretary of Labor, transmitting detailed statement of expenditures from the appropriation for contingent expenses, Department of Labor, from May 1 to November 30, 1913... March 4, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Commerce and Labor and ordered to be printed. Henry W. Chester. Letter from Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a certified copy of the findings of fact and conclusion in the case of Henry W. Chester against the United States. December 8, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. William Moore. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a certified copy of the findings of fact and conclusion in the case of William Moore against the United States. December 8, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. Judgments rendered by the Court of Claims. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the Court of Claims, transmitting statement of all judgments rendered by said court for the year ended November 29, 1913 the amounts thereof, the parties in whose favor rendered, and a brief synopsis of the nature of the claims upon which said judgments were... December 6, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Heirs of Henry C. Pierce, deceased. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a certified copy of the findings of fact and conclusions filed in the case of Amanda Pierce, one of the heirs of Henry C. Pierce, deceased, against the United States. December 8, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. Ella S. Marsh. A letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a certified copy of the findings of fact and conclusion filed in the case of Ella S. Marsh, one of the heirs of Francis G. Sherman, deceased, against the United States. December 8, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. Expenditures, Bureau of Chemistry, Department of Agriculture. Letter from the Secretary of Agriculture, transmitting detailed report of all sums paid by the Bureau of Chemistry of that department for compensation of or payment of expenses of officers ... during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1913. December 6, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Agriculture and ordered to be printed. Mary E.L. Callaway. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a certified copy of the findings of fact and conclusion in the case of Mary E.L. Callaway, widow of James E. Callaway, deceased, against the United. December 8, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. Andrew G. Fitz. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a certified copy of the findings of fact and conclusion in the case of Andrew G. Fitz against the United States. December 8, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. William M. Gooding. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a certified copy of the findings of fact and conclusion filed in the case of William M. Gooding against the United States. December 8, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. Elijah B. Bailey. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a certified copy of the findings of fact and conclusion in the case of Elijah B. Bailey against the United States. December 8, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. Documents received and distributed by the Navy Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement of the documents received and distributed by the Navy Department during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1913. December 6, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Navy Department and ordered to be printed. Frederick E. Ransom. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a certified copy of the findings of fact and conclusion filed in the case of Frederick E. Ransom against the United States. December 8, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. Julia F. Yates. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims, transmitting a certified copy of the findings of fact and conclusion filed in the case of Julia F. Yates against the United States. December 8, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. Thomas B. Posey. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a certified copy of the findings of fact and conclusions filed in the case of Sarah Posey, sole heir of Thomas B. Posey, deceased, against the United States. December 8, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. George H. Devol. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a certified copy of the findings of fact and conclusion filed in the case of George H. Devol against the United States. December 8, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. Trustees of First Baptist Church of Chattanooga, Tenn. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a certified copy of the findings of fact and conclusion in the case of trustees of the First Baptist Church of Chattanooga, Tenn., against the United States. December 8, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. Property in charge of Doorkeeper. Letter from the Doorkeeper of the House of Representatives transmitting an inventory of all property under his charge belonging to the United States. December 8, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Accounts and ordered to be printed. Indian hostilities against the United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting report that there were no Indian hostilities against the United States during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1913. December 1, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Industry among the Indians at various reservations, 1913. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting detailed report of expenditures for the purpose of encouraging industry among the Indians at various reservations during fiscal year ended June 30, 1913. December 1, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Contingent expenses of Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statement of contingent expenses of the Treasury Department for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1913. December 2, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department and ordered to be printed. Expenditures, etc., at the Springfield Armory and the Rock Island Arsenal, 1913. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements submitted by the Chief of Ordnance, United States Army, of the expenditures and of arms, components of arms, and appendages ... during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1913 ... December 2, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Receipts and disbursements of the Sergeant at Arms. Letter from the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representative transmitting statement showing sums of money drawn and disbursed by him from December 2, 1912, to November 30, 1913. -- December 2, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Accounts and ordered to be printed. Special employees in the Indian service. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting report showing the diversion of appropriations for the pay of specified employees in the Indian service for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1913. December 1, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Receipts and expenditures of contingent funds, Fort Monroe. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report by the Chief of the Quartermaster Corps, United States Army, of all receipts and expenditures of contingent funds collected for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1913, from the nonmilitary residents at Fort Monroe... December 9, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the War Department and ordered to be printed. Property in charge of Sergeant at Arms of House of Representatives. Letter from the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives transmitting list of property in his charge on December 1, 1913. December 2, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Accounts and ordered to be printed. Thomas W. Durham. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a certified copy of the findings of fact and conclusion filed in the case of Thomas W. Durham against the United States. December 8, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. Traveling expenses of officers and employees of the Smithsonian Institution. Letter from the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution transmitting a statement showing...what officers and employees... have traveled on official business...outside of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1913. December 3, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Library and ordered to be printed. Contingent expenses, Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a report of the finances of the department for the preceding fiscal year and a report of the amount expended in the department. December 4, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department and ordered to be printed. Cost of survey and allotment work, Indian service, 1913. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting statement of cost of survey and allotment work, Indian service, for fiscal year 1913. December 1, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.	84
Serial set 6757	Brig "Pearl." Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting findings of fact and conclusions of law in the French spoliation claims relating to the vessel brig "Pearl," in the case of Charles F. Adams, administrator of Peter C. Brooks, against the United States. January 22, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Extension of workmen's compensation act to employees of Coast and Geodetic Survey. Letter from the Secretary of Commerce, transmitting draft of a bill to include in the class of employees now entitled to the benefit of the workmen's compensation act employees of the Coast and Geodetic Survey of the Department of Commerce. February 5, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Labor and ordered to be printed. Customhouse and courthouse, Toledo, Ohio. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a suggested change in phraseology for item in urgent deficiency bill, to read as follows: "Toledo, Ohio, Customhouse and courthouse-for completion of the enlargement, extension, remodeling, or improvement of building, under present limit, $25,000." January 27, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriation and ordered to be printed Schooner "Two Friends." Letter from the Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting the findings of fact and conclusions of law in the French spoliation claims relating... "Two Friends," in the case of Robert Hartshorne, administrator of Richard Hartshorne, surviving partner of Rhinelander, Hartshorne & Co., against the United States. January 12, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Wharf at New York Arsenal, Governors Island. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication of the Secretary of War, submitting an estimate of appropriation for rebuilding and repairing the wharf at New York Arsenal, Governors Island, N.Y. January 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriation and ordered to be printed. Appropriation for railway post office car service. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Postmaster General submitting a revised estimate of appropriation for the postal service, for railway post office car service, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1915. December 19, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Salaries, Civil Service Commission. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the President of the Civil Service Commission submitting an amended estimate of appropriations under the title "salaries, Civil Service Commission." January 17, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. William H. Waters. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting certified copy of the findings of fact and conclusions in the case of William H. Waters, heir at law of Thomas B. Waters, deceased, against the United States. February 9, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. Estimates of deficiencies in appropriations for the postal service. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication of the Postmaster General submitting estimates of deficiencies in the appropriations for the postal service, payable from the postal revenues. January 29, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriation and ordered to be printed. Appropriation, printing and binding, Interstate Commerce Commission. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication from the chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission, submitting an urgent estimate of deficiency in appropriation for printing and binding for the fiscal year 1914. January 29, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriation and ordered to be printed. Enforcement of antitrust laws. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication from the Attorney General submitting an estimate of deficiency appropriation for enforcement of the antitrust laws for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1913. January 30, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriation and ordered to be printed. Appropriation, collecting military records of Revolutionary War. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication of the Secretary of War submitting an estimate of appropriation in the sum of $25,000 to continue the work of collecting or copying and classifying the military records of the Revolutionary War. January 29, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Expenditures of annual appropriation for organized militia. Letter from the Secretary of War, submitting an item of legislation designed to regulate the expenditure of the annual appropriation for the organized militia. January 30, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Estimate of deficiencies, Government Printing Office. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication of the public printers, submitting urgent estimates of deficiencies in appropriations for the Government Printing Office for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1914. January 29, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriation and ordered to be printed. Brig "Fair Columbian." Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting findings of fact and conclusions of law and opinion in the French spoliation claims relating to the vessel brig "Fair Columbian," in the case of William C. Hill, surviving executor of William T. [i.e. W.] Corcoran, against the United States... January 30, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Appropriation, post office sites at Georgetown and Taylor, Tex. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting items for urgent deficiency bill, Georgetown, Tex., post office, $8,000, Taylor, Tex., post office, $5,000. February 9, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Fannie Meek. Letter from the Assistant Clerk, Court of Claims, transmitting certified copy of findings of fact in the case of Fannie Meek, heir of Mary Bailey, deceased, against the United States. February 9, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. Capital Traction Co. Letter from the President of the Capital Traction Co. transmitting report for the year ending December 31, 1913. February 2, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. Washington-Virginia Railway Co. Letter from the Treasurer of Washington-Virginia Railway Co. transmitting report of said company for the year ending December 31, 1913. February 3, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. Patent Office Building. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an amendment to the Sundry Civil Act of June 23, 1913, making appropriations for repairs and improvements to the Patent Office Building. February 4, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Brig "Little John Butler." Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting the amended findings of fact and conclusions of law in the French spoliation claims relating to the vessel brig "Little John Butler," in the case of Louisa A. Starkweather and others against the United States. February 3, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. Letter from the President of the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. submitting, as required by law, a report of the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. for the year 1913. January 15, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. Georgetown Gas Light Co. Letter from the President of the Georgetown Gas Light Co. transmitting report of said company for the year ending December 31, 1913. February 3, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. Assay office building, New York City. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of Senate Bill 3342, Sixty-third Congress, first session, providing for disposition of the facade of the assay office building, New York, etc. February 2, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Rent for property under control of Treasury Department. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a list of property under control of the Treasury Department for which rent is being received. February 4, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Employment of typewriters in the Patent Office. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication from the Secretary of the Interior submitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1913. February 2, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Appropriation, fish-cultural stations in the States of Kentucky and South Carolina. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication from the Secretary of Commerce submitting estimates of additional appropriations for fish-cultural stations in the State of Kentucky and the State of South Carolina. February 12, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. D.B. Hampton, administrator. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a certified copy of the findings of fact and conclusions in the case of D.B. Hampton, administrator of George Boone, deceased, against the United States. February 2, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. Urgent deficiency appropriation, Commission on Industrial Relations. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication from the chairman of the Commission on Industrial Relations, submitting an estimate of urgent deficiency...for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1914. February 2, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Washington Gas Light Co. Letter from the vice president of the Washington, Gas Light Co. transmitting detailed statement of the business of said company, with a list of its stockholders, for the year ending December 31, 1913. February 2, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. Potomac Electric Power Co. Letter from the President of the Potomac Electric Power Co. transmitting report of said company for the year ending December 31, 1913. February 2, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. Deficiency appropriation, Board of Mediation and Conciliation. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of communication from the Commissioner of the Board of Mediation and Conciliation for necessary and proper expenses. February 2, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Washington Railway and Electric Co. A letter from the President of the Washington Railway and Electric Co., transmitting report of said company for year ending December 31, 1913. February 2, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. Appropriation for miscellaneous items, Treasury Department. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, submitting an increase of estimate of appropriation under the head of "Contingent expenses, Treasury Department: miscellaneous items." February 5, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. Brig "Jay." A letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims, transmitting the findings of fact and conclusions of law in the French spoliation claims, relating to the vessel, brig "Jay," in the cases of Charles T. Lovering, administrator of Joseph Taylor,...and Charles F. Hunt, administrator of Joseph Russell,...against the United States. January 12, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Schooner "Industry." Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims, transmitting the findings of fact and conclusion of law in the French spoliation claims, relating to the vessel schooner "Industry," in the cases of Jeremiah Nelson, administrator of Jeremiah Nelson, against the United States, and in other cases. January 12, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims, and ordered to be printed. Schooner "Delight." Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting the findings of fact and conclusions of law in the French spoliation claims relating to the vessel schooner "Delight," in the cases of William S. [i.e., D.] Squires, administrator of Henry Pratt, surviving partner of Pratt & Kintzing, against the United States ... January 12, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Brig "Pearl." A letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting the findings of fact and the conclusions of law in the French spoliation claims, relating to the vessel, brig "Pearl," in the cases of the president and directors of the Insurance Co. of North America against the United States, and Ezra Bander, administrator of Philip Case, against the United States. January 12, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Schooner "Bellona." Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting the findings of fact and conclusions of law in the French spoliation claims relating to the vessel schooner "Bellona," in the case of Elijah K. Hubbard, administrator of Jacob Sebor, against the United States. January 12, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Brig "Hiram." Letter from the Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting the findings of fact and conclusions of law in the French spoliation claims, relating to the vessel brig "Hiram," in the cases of William A.M. Fuller, administrator of John Leamy, against the United States and in other cases. January 12, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Schooner "Atlantic." Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting the findings of fact and conclusion of law in the French spoliation claims relating to the vessel schooner "Atlantic," in the cases of Charles T. Lovering, administrator of Joseph Taylor, against the United States and Charles T. Lovering, administrator of Joseph Taylor, against the United States. January 12, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Schooner "Benevolence." Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting the findings of fact and conclusions of law in the French spoliation claims relating to the vessel schooner "Benevolence," in the case of Isaac H. Coffin, administrator of Abiel Wood, against the United States. January 12, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Sallie A. Kinnaird, administratrix. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a certified copy of the findings of fact in the case of Sallie A. Kinnaird, administratrix of the estate of William H. Kinnaird against the United States. January 12, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. Brig "Esperanza." A letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting the findings of fact and conclusions of law in the French spoliation claims relating to the vessel brig "Esperanza," in the case of Elijah K. Hubbard, administrator of Jacob Sebor, against the United States. January 12, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Schooner "Richmond." Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting the findings of fact and conclusions of law in the French spoliation claims relating to the vessel schooner "Richmond," in the cases of R. Manson Smith, administrator of Francis Smith, against the United States, and Henry A.T. Granbery, administrator... January 12, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Schooner "Chance." Letter from the Clerk of the Court of Claims, transmitting the findings of fact and conclusion of law in the French spoliation claims relating to the vessel schooner "Chance" in the cases of Waldo H. Warner, administrator of Simeon Williams, against the United States, and Albert Galpin, administrator of John Woodhouse, against the United States. January 12, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Brig "Luna." Letter from the Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting the findings of fact and conclusions of law in the French spoliation claims relating to the vessel brig "Luna," in the cases of Henry B. Cabot, administrator of William Gray, against the United States, and in other cases. January 12, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Schooner "Molly Farlie." Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims, transmitting the findings of fact and the conclusions of law in the French spoliation claims relating to the vessel schooner "Molly Farlie," in the case of the Insurance Co. of the State of Pennsylvania against the United States. January 12, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Schooner "Adventure." Letter from the Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting the findings of fact and conclusions of law in the French spoliation claims relating to the vessel schooner "Adventure," in the case of John H. Maynadier, administrator of Jeremiah Yellott, against the United States. January 12, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Trustees of Baptist Church of Bloomfield, Ky. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims, transmitting a certified copy of the findings of fact and conclusion in the case of the trustees Baptist Church of Bloomfield, Ky., against the United States. January 12, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. Brig "Recovery." A letter from the Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting the findings of fact and conclusions of law in the French spoliation claims relating to the vessel, brig "Recovery," in the case of Eliza N. Blunt and Eliza S. Blunt, administratrixes of John Sinclair, against the United States. January 12, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Schooner "Mercury." Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting the findings of fact and conclusions of law in the French spoliation claims relating to the vessel schooner "Mercury," in the case of Brooks Adams, administrator of Peter C. Brooks, against the United States. January 12, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Ship "Commerce." Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting the findings of fact and conclusions of law in the French spoliation claims relating to the vessel ship "Commerce," in the case of Eliza F. Noyes, administratrix of Benjamin Frothingham, against the United States, and it other cases. January 12, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Expenditures of the Commerce Court. Letter from the Attorney General, transmitting a statement of expenditures for the Commerce Court from July 1 to December 31, 1913. January 13, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Justice and ordered to be printed. Useless executive papers, Post Office Department. Letter from Postmaster General, transmitting a schedule of papers and documents which are not needed in the transaction of public business and which have no permanent value or historical interest. January 12, 1914. -- Referred to the Joint Select Committee on Disposition of Useless Executive Papers and ordered to be printed. Sloop "Catherine." Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting the findings of fact and conclusions of law in the French spoliation claims relating to the vessel sloop "Catherine," in the case of Henry J. Dubois, administrator of John Peterson, against the United States, and in other cases. January 12, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Ship "Pigou." Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting the findings of fact and conclusions of law in the French spoliation claims relating to the vessel ship "Pigou," in the case of Elijah H. Hubbard, administrator of Jacob Sebor, against the United States. January 12, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Levi W. Revelle. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims, transmitting a certified copy of the findings of fact and conclusion in the matter of Levi W. Revelle against the United States. January 13, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. Attendance of District of Columbia employees at conventions, etc. Letter from the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia, transmitting a copy of a report by the Auditor of the District of Columbia showing the expenses incurred and paid by the District of Columbia... January 12, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Buildings and grounds, Military Academy. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, submitting supplemental estimate of appropriation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1915, in the sum of $2,500, for building and grounds, Military Academy. December 11, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Memorial to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting communication from the executive officer, Grant Memorial Commission, submitting an estimate of appropriation in the sum of $5,000, for unveiling and dedicating the memorial to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant. December 11, 1913. -- To the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. report of documents received and distributed by the Department of Agriculture during the year 1913. Letter from the Secretary of Agriculture transmitting a report of documents received and distributed during the year ended June 30, 1913. December 15, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Agriculture and ordered to be printed. Arren Bray. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a certified copy of the findings of fact and conclusion in the case of Arren Bray against the United States. December 15, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. Julia O'Brien. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a certified copy of the findings of fact and conclusion in the case of Julia O'Brien, widow of Peter O'Brien, deceased, against the United States. December 15, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. Brig "Nancy." A letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the conclusions of law and of fact in the French spoliation cases relating to the vessel brig "Nancy." December 9, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Ship "Sally." Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the conclusions of law and of fact in the French spoliation cases relating to the vessel ship "Sally." December 9, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Brig "Adventure." Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the conclusions of law and of fact in the French spoliation cases relating to the vessel brig "Adventure." December 9, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Expenditures for travel from Washington to points outside of the District of Columbia, performed by certain officers and employees of the Department of Agriculture during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1913. December 12, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Agriculture and ordered to be printed. Appropriation for inland transportation of mail by electric and cable cars. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting... from the Postmaster General submitting a revised estimate of appropriation for the postal service, for... transportation of mail..., for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1915. December 19, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Appropriation for mail bags, etc. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Postmaster General requesting that of the appropriation for mail bags, etc., for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1915, the sum of $100,000 be made immediately available, to meet the special demand for equipment due to the holiday rush... December 19, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Expenditures from contingent fund of the Army. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of expenditures on account of appropriation for contingencies of the Army for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1913. December 19, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the War Department and ordered to be printed. Transportation of foreign mails. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of communication from the Postmaster General, submitting a revised estimate of appropriation for the postal service for transportation of foreign mails for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1915. December 19, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. Estimate of appropriation for mail-messenger service. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Postmaster General submitting a revised estimate of appropriation for the postal service for mail-messenger service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1915. December 19, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Dennis-Simmons Lumber Co. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication from the Acting Secretary of Commerce, reporting the following claim for damages, which has been considered, adjusted, and determined to be due the Dennis-Simmons Lumber Co., of Williamston, N.C., for damage to the barge "Thomas P. Stran,"... December 19, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Revised estimate of appropriation for the postal service. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Postmaster General submitting a revised estimate of appropriation for the postal service, for inland transportation by steamboat or other power boat routes, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1915. December 19, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Charles S. Smith. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims, transmitting a certified copy of the findings of fact and conclusion filed in the case of Charles S. Smith against the United States. December 17, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. Appropriation for inland transportation by star routes. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Postmaster General, submitting a revised estimate of appropriation for the postal service, for inland transportation by star routes in Alaska, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1915. December 19, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Martha E. Adamson, administratrix. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a certified copy of the findings of fact and conclusion in the case of Martha E. Adamson, administratrix of Gideon F. Mann, deceased, against the United States. December 15, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. Appropriation for inland transportation by railroad routes. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Postmaster General submitting a revised estimate of appropriation for the postal service for inland transportation by railroad routes, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1915. December 19, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Purchases by private contract, Bureau of Lighthouses. Letter from the Secretary of Commerce transmitting part 2 of the annual report of the Commissioner of Lighthouses, containing a list of purchases made by private contract or in the open market, with the reasons for such method of purchase, during fiscal year, 1913... December 19, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Commerce and ordered to be printed. John Pitman. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a certified copy of the findings of fact and conclusion filed in the case of John Pitman against the United States. December 17, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. Appropriation for regulation screen or other wagon service. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Postmaster General submitting a revised estimate of appropriation for the postal service ... for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1915. December 19, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Expenditures from contingent fund, War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of expenditures on account of appropriation for contingent expenses of the War Department for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1913. December 19, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the War Department and ordered to be printed. Appropriation for the manufacture of postal cards. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Postmaster General, submitting a revised estimate of appropriation for the postal service for the manufacture of postal cards... December 19, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. International Maritime Conference for Safety of Life at Sea. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication from the Secretary of State... December 16, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. December 17, 1913. -- Committee on Foreign Relations discharged, referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed. Urgent estimates of deficiencies in appropriations for the postal service. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Postmaster General submitting urgent estimates of deficiencies in appropriations for the postal service, payable from the postal revenues, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1914. December 19, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Deficiency appropriation for the Department of Commerce. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of Commerce, submitting urgent deficiencies in appropriations required for the service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1914. December 19, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Improving roads for rural delivery service. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a joint communication of the Secretary of Agriculture and the Postmaster General submitting an estimate of appropriation for improving roads for rural delivery service, etc. December 23, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Thomas B. Scott, administrator. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of fact in the case of Thomas B. Scott, administrator of estate of Mary Scott, deceased, against the United States. December 23, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. Session laws of the Territorial Legislature of Alaska, 1913. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a bound volume of the sessions laws of the first session of the 1913 Territorial Legislature of Alaska. December 23, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed. Urgent deficiency appropriations, Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates of urgent deficiencies in appropriations required by the Treasury Department for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1914. December 23, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Eli Pettijohn. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a certified copy of the findings of fact and conclusions filed in the case of Eli Pettijohn against the United States. December 12, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Construction of Suburban Roads, District of Columbia. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication from the President of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia, submitting an amendment to the estimate of appropriation for construction of suburban roads, District of Columbia, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1915. December 13, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Traveling expenses, Department of the Interior. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a statement showing in detail what officers or employees (other than special agents, inspectors, or employees who in the discharge of their regular duties are required to constantly travel)... December 10, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Interior and ordered to be printed. Preservation of American antiquities. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury... submitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation in the sum of $5,000, for the preservation, development, administration and protection of the national monuments created under... "An Act for the Preservation of American Antiquities." December 20, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Repairs to buildings, St. Helena. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication of the Secretary of the Navy submitting supplemental estimates of appropriations for the naval establishment for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1915. December 23, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Deficiency appropriation required by Board of Managers of National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication of the Secretary of War submitting estimates of deficiencies in appropriations required by the Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. January 17, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Brig "Juno." Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting findings of fact and conclusions of law in the French spoliation claims relating to the vessel brig "Juno," in the case of the Insurance Co. of North America... and the case of Insurance Co. of the State of Pennsylvania against the United States. January 17, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Judgments rendered by the Court of Claims. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting list of judgments rendered by the Court of Claims which have been presented to this department and required an appropriation for their payment. January 19, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Brig "Betsey." Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting findings of fact and conclusions of law in the French spoliation claims relating to the vessel brig "Betsey," in the case of the Solomon N. Barlow, Executor of last will and testament of Solomon N. Barlow, deceased, against the United States, and other cases. January 19, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Schooner "Industry." A letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting findings of fact and conclusions of law in the French spoliation claims relating to the schooner "Industry," in the case of Brooks Adams, administrator of Peter C. Brooks against the United States and other cases. January 22, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Printing and binding, Treasury Department. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting revised estimate of appropriation for printing and binding for the Treasury Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1915. January 22, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Schooner "Port Royal." Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting findings of fact and conclusions of law in the French spoliation claims relating to the vessel schooner "Fort Royal," in the case of David Stewart, administrator of John H. Behn, against the United States, and other cases. January 19, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Judgments rendered against the United States. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting list of judgments rendered against the United States by the circuit and district courts of the United States, as submitted by the Attorney General, and which require an appropriation for their payment... January 19, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Sloop "Jenny." A letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting findings of fact and conclusions of law in the French spoliation claims, relating to the vessel sloop "Jenny," in the case of W.D. Pruden, administrator, etc., of Nathaniel C. Bissell, surviving partner of the firm of Thos Bissell & Son, against the United States. January 22, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. The Grace Cox inheritance case. Decision of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, approved by the Department of the Interior, in the inheritance case of Grace Cox, a deceased Omaha Indian, of Nebraska, construing that part of section 1 of the act of June 25, 1910 (36 state., 855), which relates to the determination of heirs of deceased Indians. January 22, 1914. -- Ordered to be printed. Alterations in Treasury Building. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an item of legislation to be included in the deficiency bill for changes and alterations in the Treasury Building for the accommodation of the Reserve Board. January 22, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Clerks in office of Auditor for Post Office Department. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of legislation and requesting that it be incorporated in the urgent deficiency bill. January 19, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Judgments rendered by Court of Claims in Indian depredation cases. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting communication from the Attorney General, submitting a list of judgments rendered by the Court of Claims in favor of claimants in Indian depredation cases. January 19, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Old building of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a paragraph amendatory of the urgent deficiency act approved October 22, 1913, relative to interior alterations in the old building of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing for the accommodation of various auditors... January 22, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Schooner "Sea Flower." Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting findings of fact and conclusions of law in the French spoliation claims relating to the vessel schooner "Sea Flower," in the case of Nathan Matthews, Jr., administrator of Daniel Sergeant, against the United States, and in other cases. January 19, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Brig "Patsey." Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting findings of fact and conclusions of law in the French spoliation claims relating to the vessel brig "Patsey," in the case of the president and directors of the Insurance Co. of North America against the United States, and in other cases. January 19, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Sloop "Discovery." Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting findings of fact and conclusions of law in the French spoliation claims relating to the sloop "Discovery," in the case of William Babbitt, administrator of Noble Perry, against the United States, and other cases. January 22, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Ship "Rising Sun." Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting findings of fact and conclusions of law in the French spoliation claims relating to the ship "Rising un," in the cases of the Gordon Gairdner, administrator of James Gairdner, against the United States, and in other cases. January 19, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Brig "Julia." Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting findings of fact and conclusions of law in the French spoliation claims relating to the brig "Julia," in the case of Montgomery Fletcher, administrator of John Walter Fletcher and others. January 19, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Schooner "Nancy." Letter from the Assistant Clerk, Court of Claims, transmitting findings of fact and conclusions of law in the French spoliation claims relating to the schooner "Nancy," in the case of Merchants Trust Company of Philadelphia, administrator, etc., of William Smith, against the United States. January 22, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims, and ordered to be printed. Brig "Resolution." Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting findings of fact and conclusions of law in the French spoliation claims relating to the brig "Resolution," in the case of Leigh Bensal, administrator of Hezekiah Kelley, against the United States, and other cases. January 22, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Expenses of employees of Civil Service Commission attending conventions, etc. Letter from the President of United States Civil Service Commission submitting detailed statement of all expenses incurred from June 30 to December 1, 1913, for attendance of officers and employees of the government... January 21, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Reform in the Civil Service and ordered to be printed. Rents from properties on sites proposed for public buildings in Washington, D.C. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting report of rents received from properties located on sites of proposed public buildings purchased by the United States government in this city. January 28, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Expenses of employees of Treasury Department in attendance at conventions, etc. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting detailed statement of expenses incurred during the period June 30 to December 1, 1913, by officers and employees of the government... January 24, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department and ordered to be printed. Annual report East Washington Heights Traction Railroad Co. Letter from the President of the East Washington Heights Traction Railroad Co. transmitting report of said company for year ending December 31, 1913. January 27, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. Clerks for General Supply Committee. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of urgent deficiency appropriation providing for 15 clerks, at $900 per annum, to be employed in connection with the General Supply Committee during the remainder of the current fiscal year. January 23, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Amendments to urgent deficiency bill. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting amendments to urgent deficiency bill under the caption "Quarantine Stations." January 23, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriation and ordered to be printed. Brig "Hiram." A letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims, transmitting findings of fact and conclusions of law in the French spoliation claims, relating to the vessel Brig "Hiram," in case of Brooks Adams, administrator of Peter C. Brooks against the United States and other cases. January 22, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Brig "Dolphin." Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting findings of fact and conclusions of law in the French spoliation claims relating to the brig "Dolphin," in the case of Robert E. Goodwin, administrator of William Rice against the United States and other cases. January 22, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Site for post office, Dallas, Tex. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, relative to the recommendation for an appropriation, in amount $250,000 for a new site for the post office at Dallas, Tex. January 24, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriation and ordered to be printed. William Stewart MacLeod. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the record of a judgment by the Court of Claims on mandate of the Supreme Court of the United States in cause No. 27196, William Stewart MacLeod, as sole surviving partner of the partnership of MacLeod & Co., against the United States, in the amount of $5,578.89. January 23, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Schooner "Agnes." Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting findings of fact and conclusions of law in the French spoliation claims relating to the schooner "Agnes" in the case of James T. [i.e. G.] Freeman, receiver of the Boston Marine Insurance Co., and the case of Isaac Brewster, administrator of Thomas... January 22, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Schooner "Harmony." Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting findings of fact and conclusions of law in the French spoliation claims, relating to the schooner "Harmony," in case of David W. Low, administrator of Zachariah Stevens et al, against the United States and other cases. January 22, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Schooner "Lark." Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting findings of fact and conclusions of law in the French spoliation claims, relating to the schooner "Lark," in case of Brooks Adams, administrator of Peter C. Brooks against the United States, and other cases. January 22, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Harwood Dudley and Alfred Dudley Dennison. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting certified copy of findings of fact and conclusions in the case of Harwood Dudley and Alfred Dudley Dennison, executors of the will of Edgar S. Dudley, deceased, against the United States. February 9, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Rebuilding hotel, Shiloh National Park. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication from the Secretary of War, submitting an urgent estimate of appropriation in the sum of $7,000 required... for rebuilding the hotel in the Shiloh National Military Park. February 9, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Rent of offices, Board of General Appraisers, port of New York. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an item of appropriation for rent of offices, Board of General Appraisers, port of New York. February 9, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Tabulating machines, Census Bureau. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication of the Secretary of Commerce submitting an urgent estimate of deficiency in appropriation for tabulating machines, Bureau of the Census. February 7, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Ella Rodman Ayres. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims, transmitting certified copy of findings of fact and conclusions in the case of Ella Ayres, widow of James Cooper Ayres, deceased, against the United States. February 9, 1914. February 9, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. Walter S. Wyatt. A letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims, transmitting certified copy of findings of fact and conclusions in the case of Walter S. Wyatt against the United States. February 9, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. George H. Burton. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting certified copy of findings of fact and conclusions in the case of George H. Burton against the United States. February 9, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Lizzie Lynch. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims, transmitting certified copy of findings of fact and conclusions in the case of Lizzie Lynch, widow of Edward Lynch, against the United States. February 9, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Appropriation, "Prevention of injurious deposits, New York Harbor." Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of communication of the Secretary of War, submitting a supplemental estimate of appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1915, for the prevention of destructive and injurious deposits within the harbor of New York City... February 9, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Sidewalks and curbs, Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of appropriation for new sidewalks and curbs, including necessary grading, surrounding and adjacent to the site of the new building for the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. February 2, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Georgetown & Tennallytown Railway Co. Letter from the President of the Georgetown & Tennallytown Railway Co., transmitting the report of said company for the year ended December 31, 1913. February 2, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. City & Suburban Railway of Washington. Letter from the President of the City & Suburban Railway of Washington, transmitting report of said company for the year ending December 31, 1913. February 2, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. Naval records of Revolutionary War. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication form the Acting Secretary of the Navy...classifying the Naval records of the Revolutionary War. February 11, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. February 13, 1914. -- The Committee on Naval Affairs discharged, referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed. Charles A. Varnum. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting findings of fact and conclusions in the case of Charles A. Varnum against the United States. February 10, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Reimbursement to certain employees of Alaska coal expedition, 1912. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication from the Acting Secretary of the Navy submitting an estimate... to reimburse... contract employees... who lost their personal effects through the loss of the lighter... off Katalla, Alaska. February 12, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Appropriation, Military Academy. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication of the Secretary of War, submitting a supplementary estimate of appropriation for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1915. January 12, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Sloop "Eliza," Thomas Payne, master. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting the findings of fact and conclusions of law in the French spoliation claims relating to the vessel sloop "Eliza," in the case of Charles T. Lovering, administrator of Joseph Taylor, against the United States, and in other cases. January 12, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Ship "Polly." Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting the findings of fact and conclusions of law in the French spoliation claims relating to the vessel ship "Polly," in the case of Joseph S. Webster, administrator of Thomas Webster, against the United States. January 12, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Brig "Sally." Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting the findings of fact and conclusions of law in the French spoliation claims relating to the vessel brig "Sally," in the case of Brooks Adams, administrator of Peter C. Brooks, against the United States. January 12, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Brig "Rensalaer." Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting the findings of fact and conclusions of law in the French spoliation claims relating to the brig "Rensalaer," in the case of Joseph Ogden, surviving executor, etc., of Jane Ann Ferrers, against the United States, and in other cases. January 12, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Schooner "Gideon." Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting the findings of fact and conclusions of law in the French spoliation claims relating to the vessel schooner "Gideon," in the cases of George Haskell, administrator de bonis non of Solomon Haskell, against the United States ... January 12, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Schooner "Three Friends." Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims, transmitting the findings of fact and conclusions of law in the French spoliation claims relating to the vessel schooner "Three Friends," in the cases of Brooks Adams, administrator of Peter C. Brooks, against the United States, and in other cases. January 12, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Schooner "John." Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting the findings of fact and conclusions of law in the French spoliation claims relating to the vessel schooner "John," in the case of Ludlow Ogden, administrator of George Barnewall, against the United States. January 12, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Schooner "Lark." Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting the findings of fact and conclusions of law in the French spoliation claims relating to the vessel schooner "Lark," in the case of Charles T. Lovering, administrator of Joseph Taylor, against the United States. January 12, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Brig "Iris." Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting the findings of fact and conclusions of law in the French spoliation claims relating to the vessel brig "Iris," in the case of John C. Hollister, administrator of Thomas Ward, against the United States, and in other cases. January 12, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Sloop "Ranger," Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting the findings of fact and conclusions of law in the French spoliation claims relating to the vessel sloop "Ranger," in the case of Brooks Adams, administrator of Peter C. Brooks, against the United States, and in other cases. January 12, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. Schooner "Patriot." Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims, transmitting the findings of fact and conclusions of law in the French spoliation claims, relating to the vessel schooner "Patriot," in the cases of William Bush, administrator of Thomas Keen, against the United States, and in other cases. January 12, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims, and ordered to be printed Ship "Jefferson." Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting the findings of fact and conclusions of law in the French spoliation claims relating to the vessel ship "Jefferson." in the case of Charles T. Lovering, administrator of Joseph Taylor, against the United States. January 12, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Librarian of Congress, transmitting a detailed statement of all expenses of attendance of officers or employees of the Library of Congress at meeting or conventions, that have been incurred from June 30, 1913, to December 1, 1913. January 12, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Postmasters indebted to the government. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the Auditor for the Post Office Department submitting a list of postmasters found to be indebted to the government in the fiscal year ended June 30, 1913... January 12, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department and ordered to be printed. Clerk for Division of Appointments, Treasury Department. Letter from the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting request that the estimates for the Division of Appointments, Secretary's Office, Treasury Department, for the fiscal year 1915, be amended by dropping there from one clerk at $1,200 per annum instead of one clerk at $1,800 per annum. January 16, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Expenses of officers and employees. Letter from the Secretary of Commerce, transmitting a statement of expenses incurred by officers and employees of the Department of Commerce in attending meetings or conventions of societies and associations during the period from June 30 to December 1, 1913. January 12, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Commerce and ordered to be printed. Brig "Almy." Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the conclusions of law and of fact in the French spoliation cases relating to the vessel brig "Almy." December 9, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Appropriation for the Interstate Commerce Commission. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication from the Chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission submitting supplemental estimates of appropriations for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1915. January 29, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Sloop "Friendship." Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting findings of fact and conclusions of law ... in the French spoliation claims relating to the vessel Sloop "Friendship," in the case of Edward D. Lawrence and Isaac H. Lawrence, administrators of the estate of Benjamin Wyatt ... January 30, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Brig "Industry." A letter from the Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting the findings of fact and conclusions of law in the French spoliation claims, relating to the vessel, brig "Industry," in the case of James G. Freeman, receiver of the Boston Marine Insurance Co. against the United States. January 12, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Appropriation, rent of court rooms, United States courts. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication of the Attorney General submitting an urgent estimate of deficiency in the appropriation for rent of court rooms, United States courts, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1914. January 12, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Guides to the Gettysburg battle field. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting draft of proposed legislation authorizing the Secretary of War to prescribe regulations under which licenses may be granted to persons qualified to act as guides to the Gettysburg battle field. January 14, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Officers delinquent in transmitting accounts. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of the auditor for State and Other Departments showing officers and administrative departments and officers of the government delinquent...in payment of balances for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1913. January 12, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the State Department and ordered to be printed. Ship "Ann and Mary." Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting the findings of fact and conclusions of law in the French spoliation claims relating to the vessel ship "Ann and Mary," in the case of Louisa A. Starkweather, administratrix of Richard H. Hallett, against the United, and in other case. Expenses of collecting the revenue from customs. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimate of appropriations for defraying the expenses of collecting the revenue from customs for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1915. January 13, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Officers of Navy Department delinquent in their accounts. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report from the Auditor of the Navy Department showing delinquencies in the accounts of disbursing officers of the Navy for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1913. January 12, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Navy Department and ordered to be printed. Expenditures in the Coast and Geodetic Survey. Letter from the Acting Secretary of Commerce, transmitting a statement of the expenditures in the Coast and Geodetic Survey for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1913. January 13, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Commerce and ordered to be printed. Ship "Diana." Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting the findings of fact and conclusions of law in the French spoliation claims and conclusions of law in the French spoliation claims relating to the vessel ship "Diana," in the cases of Elijah K. Sebor, administrator of Jacob Sebor, against the United States, and Richard Delafield, administrator of John Delafield, against the United States. January 12, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Ship "Joseph." Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting the findings of fact and conclusions of law in the French spoliation claims relating to the vessel ship "Joseph," in the cases of T.B. Bleecher, J.R. [i.e., Jr.] and Charles C. Leary, receivers of the New York Insurance Co.,...and Augustus W. Clason, administrator, etc., of Isaac Clason.... January 12, 1914. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Officers of the Interior Department delinquent in their accounts. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of the auditor for the Interior Department showing delinquencies of officers of said department in rendering or transmitting their accounts for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1913. January 12, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Interior Department and ordered to be printed. Officers of Treasury Department delinquent in their accounts. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report from the Auditor for the Treasury Department showing delinquencies of accounting officers of the Treasury Department and undeposited balances for the fiscal year 1913. January 12, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department and ordered to be printed. Officers of War Department delinquent in their accounts. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting report from the Auditor of the War Department showing in detail delinquencies of accounting officers in War Department for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1913. January 12, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the War Department and ordered to be printed. Travel expenses of officers of the Department of the Interior. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting reports from... bureaus and offices..., showing the name of the offices, date and destination of travel, nature of official business, and total travel expenses incurred by each. January 14, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Interior Department and ordered to be printed. Estimate of appropriation for office of Comptroller of the Treasury. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication from the Comptroller of the Treasury, submitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation for his office for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1915. January 15, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Urgent deficiency appropriation, Department of State. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication of the Secretary of State submitting urgent estimates of appropriations required by the Department of State during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1914. January 12, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Claims allowed by accounting officers. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting schedules of claims allowed by the several accounting officers of the Treasury Department under appropriations the balances of which have been exhausted or carried to the surplus fund. January 15, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Navy Department Annex. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication of the Acting Superintendent, State, War, and Navy Department Buildings, submitting urgent estimates of appropriations required for the new Navy Department Annex for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1914. January 12, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Sloop "Eliza," Reuben McFarlane, master. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting the findings of fact and conclusions of law in the French spoliation claims... sloop "Eliza," in the case of Charles T. Lovering, administrator of Joseph H. Moriarty,... James Scott, against the United States. January 12, 1914. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Attendance of Navy Department officers and employees at conventions, etc. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting statement of the expenses incurred from June 30 to December 1, 1913, by officers and employees of this department in attending meetings or conventions of societies or associations. January 15, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Navy Department and ordered to be printed. Sloop "Rising Sun," Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting the findings of fact and conclusions of law in the French spoliation claims relating to the vessel Sloop "Rising Sun," in the case of Elijah K. Hubbard, administrator of Jacob Sebor, against the United States, and in other cases. January 12, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Appropriation for fuel, lights, etc., new Navy Department annex. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication of the Acting Superintendent State, War, and Navy Department Buildings, submitting an estimate of appropriations in the sum of $5,000 for fuel, lights, repairs, and miscellaneous items for the new Navy Department annex for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1915. January 12, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Estimates of deficiencies in appropriations for the postal service. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication of the Postmaster General submitting estimates of deficiencies in appropriations for the postal service, payable from the postal revenues, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1914. January 16, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Equipment, etc., new post office building, Washington, D.C. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication of the Postmaster General, submitting estimates of special appropriations for the Post Office Department, for the purpose of equipping and furnishing the new Washington, D.C., Post Office Building... January 16, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Deficiency appropriation required by the Isthmian Canal Commission for labor. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication of the Secretary of War of the 16th instant submitting an urgent deficiency appropriation required by the Isthmian Canal Commission for the current fiscal year... December 20, 1913. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Traveling expenses, Department of Labor. Letter from the Secretary of Labor, transmitting a detailed statement of officers and employees of the Department of Labor in attending meetings and conventions during the period from June 30 to December 1, 1913. January 12, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Labor and ordered to be printed. Estimate of appropriation, Coast and Geodetic Survey. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication from the Secretary of Commerce submitting certain estimates of appropriation for the service of the Coast and Geodetic Survey for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1915. January 12, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Brig "Six Brothers." Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting findings of fact and conclusions of law in the French spoliation claims relating to the vessel brig "Six Brothers," in the case of Elizabeth Needham, administrator of...John Needham, and in the case of John H. Nichols, administrator...of Isaac Needham against the United States. January 19, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.	193
Serial set 6758	Additional clerks, office of Auditor for Interior Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication from the Auditor for the Interior Department, submitting an estimate of appropriation in the sum of $3,600, for two additional clerks of class 4 in his office... March 21, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed Disposition of useless papers and documents, Department of Commerce. Letter from the Secretary of Commerce, transmitting a list of papers and documents not needed or useful in the transaction of business, nor of permanent value or historical interest. March 2, 1914. -- Referred to the Joint Select Committee on Disposition of Useless Executive Papers and ordered to be printed. Site for post office at Phoenixville, Pa. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of appropriation for the acquisition of a site for the post office at Phoenixville, Pa. June 20, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Building for mail bag and mail lock shop in the District of Columbia. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of communication of the Postmaster General submitting an estimate of appropriation for the purchase of land and erection of building... May 21, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed Disbursing clerk, Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, submitting items for consideration in connection with the general deficiency bill; credits in the accounts of the disbursing clerk of the Treasury Department, $3.61; vouchers, aggregating $2.25, submitted by custodian, post office, courthouse, and... July 11, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Fireproof laboratory, Bureau of Standards. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication of the Secretary of Commerce submitting an estimate of appropriation... for the construction of a fireproof laboratory building for use in testing radio communication, and to enable the Bureau of Standards... March 21, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Arlington Memorial Amphitheater. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication from the Secretary of War submitting an estimate of appropriation in the sum of $250,000 for the purpose of beginning the construction of the Arlington Memorial Amphitheater. February 18, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriation and ordered to be printed. Appropriation, Department of Justice. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication from the Attorney General of the 13th instant, submitting additional supplemental estimates of deficiencies in appropriations required for the service of the Department of Justice. February 17, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriation and ordered to be printed. To release a certain strip of land to St. Augustine, Fla. Letter from the Secretary of War, recommending that the following provision in the Army appropriation act approved March 31, 1911, be repealed: "The Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed to release to the City of St. Augustine, Fla., a strip of land..." March 3, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Charles F. Rockwell, administrator. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a certified copy of the findings of fact and conclusion in the case of Charles F. Rockwell, administrator of the estate of James Rockwell, Jr., against the United States. March 4, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Refunds of customs duties. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting detailed statement of the refunds of customs duties for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1913. February 25, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Buildings and grounds in and around Washington. Letter from the Secretary of War, submitting an amendment to the estimate of appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1915, under the heading of "buildings and grounds in and around Washington." February 25, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Salaries, Office of Second Assistant Postmaster General, Division of Railway Mail Service. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication of the Postmaster General submitting an amended estimate of appropriation for salaries, Office of Second Assistant Postmaster General, Division of Railway Mail Service, for the fiscal year 1915. February 20, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriation and ordered to be printed. Smith & McCoy, Norfolk, Va. Letter from the Acting Secretary of Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication from the Assistant Secretary of Commerce reporting a claim for damages which has been considered, adjusted, and determined by the Commissioner of Lighthouses. February 19, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriation and ordered to be printed. Thomas J. Wear. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of Court of Claims transmitting findings of fact and conclusions in the case of Thomas J. Wear against the United States. February 20, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. Ebenezer M. Backus. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting findings of fact and conclusions of law in the case of Ebenezer M. Backus against the United States. February 19, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. Mary M. Calef. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting findings of fact and conclusions in the case of Mary M. Calef, widow of John H. Calef, deceased against the United States. March 14, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Supplemental estimate for salaries, office of Auditor for the Interior Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation for salaries, office of Auditor for the Interior Department, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1915. March 17, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Acquisition of square 143, Washington, D.C. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, submitting an item of legislation for sundry civil appropriation bill relative to the acquisition of square 143, Washington, D.C. March 16, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Appropriation for an Executive Clerk, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, inviting attention to estimates for salaries, office of the Assistant Secretary, and recommending an appropriation for an executive clerk in the office of the Assistant Secretary for the fiscal year 1915. March 17, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Printing and binding in the Interior Department. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication from the Secretary of the Interior submitting urgent estimate of deficiency in the appropriation for printing and binding for the Interior Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1914. February 27, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Estimate of appropriation for completing the examination of fourth-class postmasters. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the President of the Civil Service. Commission submitting an estimate of appropriation for completing the examination of fourth-class postmasters during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1915, etc. March 19, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Estimates of appropriations, public buildings. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, submitting estimates of appropriations relative to the public building service. March 19, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Payments for certain services, Navy Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication of the Secretary of the Navy submitting estimates of appropriations for the relief of or authorizing payments to certain named parties for services and expenses, as shown in accompanying detailed estimate. March 26, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Roderick E. Stocking. A Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims, transmitting a certified copy of the findings of fact and conclusion filed in the case of Roderick E. Stocking, nephew of Roderick M. Stocking, against the United States. March 21, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Headstones for graves of soldiers. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication of the Secretary of War, submitting a supplemental and additional estimate of appropriation in the sum of $20,000 for headstones for graves of soldiers, required by the War Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1915. March 23, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Quarters for Immigration service at Montreal, Canada. Letter from the Secretary of Labor, submitting an item of appropriation to be inserted in the sundry civil appropriation bill, authorizing the Secretary of Labor to executive a lease for office quarters for the United States Immigration service at Montreal, Canada... April 1, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. New Orleans quarantine station. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting communication from the Surgeon General of the United States Public Health Service in relation to an items of appropriation for the New Orleans quarantine station. March 31, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Remodeling old Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, submitting estimate of appropriation for remodeling old Bureau of Engraving and Printing for occupancy of the various Treasury officers. April 3, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Compensation of certain employees, Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, submitting changes in the estimate of appropriation for the service of the Department of the Treasury for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1914. April 3, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Mrs. Terezija Bucar. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting communication from the Acting Secretary of Agriculture submitting estimate of appropriation in the sum of $600, payment to Mrs. Terezija Bucar, surviving dependent relative of Anton Bucar. April 29, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Mileage to officers and contract surgeons, War Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication of the Secretary of War submitting an estimate of deficiency in the appropriation for mileage to officers and contract surgeons in the sum $50,000... April 25, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Panama-Pacific International Exposition. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication of the Chairman of the Government Exhibit Board, Panama-Pacific International Exposition at San Francisco, 1915... May 16, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. First Lieut. A. Moreno. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication from the Secretary of War submitting an estimate authorizing and directing the accounting officers of the Treasury to credit the sum of $862.52 in the accounts of First Lieut. A. Moreno, special disbursing officer, United States Army. May 5, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Additional employees, Office of Superintendent of Documents. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication of the Public Printer submitting supplemental estimates of appropriations for additional employees, and for equipment, material, and supplies, in the Office of the Superintendent of Documents for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1915. May 16, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Appropriation for certain public buildings. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, submitting items of estimates which failed to receive consideration in connection with the urgent deficiency bill reported in the Senate March 17, 1914, and resubmitting the same with notes and other explanations for consideration in connection with the sundry civil appropriation bill now pending before the Committee on Appropriations of the House. National Archives and Patent Office Buildings. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, submitting estimates covering the amounts authorized for the preparation of preliminary plans, designs, and estimates for the Patent Office and National Archives Buildings, Washington, D.C. April 17, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Brig "Little Sam." Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting findings of fact and conclusions of law in the French spoliation claims relating to the vessel brig "Little Sam," in the case of Robert S.O. Griffith et al. against the United States. May 19, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Ship "Hare." Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims, transmitting findings of fact and conclusions of law in the French spoliation claims relating to the vessel ship "Hare," in the case of Augustus W. Clason, administrator of Isaac Clason, against the United States. May 19, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Repairs to old customhouse and post office at New Orleans, La. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, submitting an item of appropriation for remodeling, repair, or improvement of the old customhouse and post office building at New Orleans, La. May 28, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Schooner "Mary." Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting findings of fact and conclusions in French spoliation claims relating to the vessel "Mary," in the case of Mary E. Moore, administratrix of John Armistead, against the United States, and in other cases. June 12, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. George F.W. Holman. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting findings of fact and conclusion in the case of George F.W. Holman against the United States. June 19, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Pay of chiefs of division of chemistry, pharmacology, and zoology, Hygienic Laboratory. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a proposed clause of legislation to authorize the accounting officers of the Treasury Department to settle and allow accounts for pay of the chiefs of divisions of chemistry, pharmacology, and zoology in the Hygienic Laboratory, etc. June 13, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Appropriation, post office and courthouse, Binghamton, N.Y. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, submitting an estimate of appropriation for new roof, plastering, repairs, and painting, etc., rendered necessary through damage by fire to the post office and courthouse at Binghamton, N.Y. June 13, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Mrs. Terezija Bucar. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of communication from the Acting Secretary of Agriculture in connection with the estimate of appropriation for the payment of the sum of $600 to the heirs of Anton Bucar. June 17, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Monument on the battle grounds at Horse Shoe, Tallapoosa River, Ala. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication of the Acting Secretary of War submitting an estimate of appropriation to carry out the provisions of public Act No. 79, to erect a suitable monument... June 13, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Construction of breakwater, Marine hospital, Chicago, Ill. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, submitting estimate for the construction of a breakwater in connection with the Marine hospital at Chicago, Ill., with the request that it be incorporated in the sundry civil appropriation bill. June 8, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Ship "Active." Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims, transmitting the findings of fact and conclusions of law in the case of the Insurance Company of the State of Pennsylvania and others against the United States in the French spoliation claims relating to the vessel ship "Active." June 5, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Heirs of Moses McWaters. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a certified copy of the findings filed by the court and conclusion in the case of Kate P. M'Waters, Margaret M'Waters Bell, James H. M'Waters, B.P. M'Waters, and Moses M'Waters, heirs of Moses M'Waters, deceased, against the United States. June 22, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. Judgments rendered by the Court of Claims. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a list of judgments rendered by the Court of Claims which require an appropriation for payment. June 20, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Indian depredation claims. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the Attorney General submitting a list of judgments rendered by the Court of Claims in favor of claimants in Indian depredation cases, which require an appropriation for their payment. June 20, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Hobson Methodist Church, Davidson County, Tenn. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a certified copy of the findings of fact and conclusions filed in the case of the Hobson Methodist Church of Davidson County, Tenn., against the United States. June 22, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. Post-office site, Andalusia, Ala. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, submitting for incorporation in the sundry civil appropriation bill an estimate of appropriation for the acquisition of a site for a post-office building at Andalusia, Ala. June 23, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Brig "Clarissa." Letter from the Assistant Clerk of Court of Claims transmitting the findings of fact and conclusions of law in the French spoliation claims relating to the "Clarissa" (brig) in the case of the Insurance Co. of North America against the United States. June 5, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Schooner "Polly," Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims, transmitting the findings of fact and conclusions in the French spoliation claims relating to schooner "Polly" in the case of Brooks Adams and others against the United States. June 5, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Brig "Harmony." Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims, transmitting a certified copy of the findings of fact and conclusions of law in the French spoliation claims relating to "Harmony" (brig) in the case of Insurance Co. of North America and others against the United States. June 5, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Sloop "Rebecca." Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting the findings of fact and conclusions of law in the case of Insurance Co. of the State of Pennsylvania against the United States in the French spoliation claims relating to the vessel sloop "Rebecca." June 5, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Brig "Friendship." A letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting the findings of fact and conclusions of law in the case of the president and directors of the Insurance Co. of North America against the United States in the French spoliation claims relating to the vessel brig "Friendship." June 5, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Deficiency appropriations-fortifications and seacoast defenses. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication from the Secretary of War submitting an urgent estimate of deficiency in the appropriation for sites for fortifications and seacoast defenses, fiscal year ending June 30, 1914. June 6, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Additional appropriation for Army Medical Department. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication from the Secretary of War submitting an additional estimate of appropriation in the sum of $50,000 for Medical and Hospital Department... May 15, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. William H. Garland. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of appropriation for payment to William H. Garland, Assistant United States Attorney at Boston, $47.62, for extraordinary expenses incurred in connection with an investigation at Paris, France... June 29, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. James Crabtree. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting findings of fact and conclusion in case of James Crabtree, heir at law of Eli Crabtree, deceased, and executor of Sarah Crabtree, deceased, against the United States. July 21, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. Contingent funds collected from nonmilitary residents at Fort Monroe, Va. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of Quartermaster General of the Army of all receipts and expenditures of contingent funds collected from nonmilitary residents at Fort Monroe, Va., for fiscal year ending June 30, 1914. September 23, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, submitting draft of joint resolution to exempt the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency from the provisions of the sundry civil act approved August 1, 1914, limiting the period within which copy for department reports shall be furnished the Public Printer. September 23, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Additional counters and other employees. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, submitting detailed estimate of an appropriation to cover the employment of additional counters and employees... service in the Offices of the Comptroller of the Currency, Treasurer of the United States, and the Divisions of Loans and Currency... September 23, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Jacob Wirth. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of communication of the Assistant Secretary of the Interior submitting estimate of appropriation for the relief of Jacob Wirth for loss of two horses while hired by geological survey. July 1, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Estimates of appropriations -- George W. Evans. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication of the Acting Secretary of the Interior submitting estimates of two items for incorporation in the general deficiency bill...July 8, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Estimate of appropriations relative to the Public Building Service. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, submitting estimate of appropriations relative to the Public Building Service and recommending that the same be included in the general deficiency appropriation bill now pending. July 8, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Heirs of Asa O. Gallup. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting findings of fact and conclusions in the case of Asa O. Gallup et al., heirs of Asa O. Gallup, deceased, against the United States. October 2, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. Annual report of the United States Express Co. A letter from the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, submitting, in accordance with the provisions of an act approved March 4, 1913, annual report of the United States Express Co., received September 22, 1914. September 30, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. Appropriation for prevention of overcrowding of passenger vessels, etc. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication from the Secretary of Commerce submitting an estimate of appropriation to enable the Secretary of Commerce to employ such other persons... to enforce the laws prohibiting overcrowding of passenger and excursion vessels. May 29, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Estimates for public buildings work. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, submitting items of estimates for public buildings work and requesting that same be incorporated in the sundry civil appropriations bill for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1915. May 27, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Wharf of the quarantine station at Honolulu, Hawaii. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, submitting item of amendment to the sundry civil appropriation bill for the removal of the wharf of the quarantine station at Honolulu, Hawaii, and its re-erection. June 10, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Appropriation for mail-handling devices, post office, Denver, Colo. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, submitting an amendment to the sundry civil appropriation bill to permit the installation of mail-handling devices in the post office building at Denver, Colo. June 12, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Old customhouse, New Orleans, La. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting report on the old customhouse building at New Orleans, La., made at the direction of the supervising architect by the superintendent of construction in charge of the new post-office building, and commending the estimate as submitted. June 19, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Sites for post office buildings at Hobart, Okla., Honey Grove, Tex., Moultrie, Ga., and West Plains, Mo. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, submitting estimates of appropriations for the acquisition of sites for post office buildings... with the request that the same be incorporated in the sundry civil appropriation bill. June 15, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Interned Mexican soldiers and military refugees. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication of the Acting Secretary of War submitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation... for transporting and caring for interned Mexican soldiers and military refugees. June 17, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Trustees of Beaverdam Baptist Church. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a certified copy of the findings of fact and conclusion filed in the case of the trustees of the Beaverdam Baptist Church of Marlboro County, S.C., against the United States. June 16, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. Independent Fish & Oyster Co. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication of the Acting Secretary of War reporting the claim of the Independent Fish & Oyster Co., of Port O'Connor, Tex., which has been considered, adjusted, and settled, on account of damage... June 17, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Urgent deficiency appropriations, postal service. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copies of separate communications of the Postmaster General submitting estimates of urgent deficiencies in the appropriations for the postal service... for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1914. June 4, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Disposition of useless papers. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting schedules and lists of papers and documents in the files of the Office of the Auditor for the Navy Department, the offices of collectors of internal revenue, and in the office of the collector of customs, Duluth, Minn. June 3, 1914. -- Referred to the Joint Select Committee on Disposition of useless executive papers and ordered to be printed. Useless papers in the War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports of the several bureaus and divisions of the War Department giving a list of papers of their respective offices not needed or useful in the transaction of current business... June 3, 1914. -- Referred to the Joint Select Committee on Disposition of Useless Executive Papers, and ordered to be printed. Claim of George L. Bartlum. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication of the Acting Secretary of the Navy reporting under the provisions of the Naval Act of June 24, 1910, that the Navy Department has considered, ascertained, adjusted, and determined the amount due the claimant... June 8, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Swamp lands, Fort Washington, Md. Letter from the Secretary of War... calling attention to an item in the Sundry Civil Appropriation Act of June 23, 1913, as follows: "Swamp lands, Fort Washington, Maryland, for the purchase of about six and six-tenths acres of swamp land adjoining the military reservation... June 23, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Brig "Lydia." Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims, transmitting the findings of fact and conclusions of law in the French spoliation claims relating to the "Lydia" (brig) in the case of the Insurance Company of North America and others against the United States. June 5, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Title to certain land, Springfield Armory. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a letter from the Acting Chief of Ordnance, United States Army, explaining the necessity for legislation to perfect the title of certain lands at Springfield Armory, and suggesting form of bill for this purpose. June 22, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Schooner "John." Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting the findings of fact and conclusions of law in the cases of Francis M. Boutwell, administrator of Abraham Touro and others against the United States, in the French spoliation claims relating to the vessel schooner "John." June 5, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Appropriation, submarine mines. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication from the Secretary of War submitting estimate of deficiency in the appropriation for submarine mines for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1914. June 30, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Jesse W. Uppercu. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication of Secretary of Labor submitting an estimate of appropriation to pay Jesse W. Uppercu for information that led to the collection of $50,000 in penalties from the Dwight Manufacturing Co., of Chicopee, Mass., and Alabama City, Ala., for importing aliens under contract... June 29, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Useless papers in Post Office Department. Letter from the Acting Postmaster General, transmitting a schedule of papers and documents which are not needed in the transaction of public business and which, in the opinion of the Department, have no permanent value or historical interest. July 28, 1914. -- Referred to the Joint Select Committee on Disposition of Useless Executive Papers and ordered to be printed. Control and jurisdiction of Alcatraz Island. Letter from the Secretary of Commerce, suggesting amendments to the Bill (H.R. 9017) transferring the control and jurisdiction of Alcatraz Island and its buildings thereon from the Department of War to the Department of Labor. September 19, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce and ordered to be printed. George H. Lillibridge. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of communication of the Acting President of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia submitting an estimate of appropriation for the payment of a judgment in favor of George H. Lillibridge. July 7, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Franchises granted by the Executive Council of Porto Rico. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting certified copies of franchises granted by the Executive Council of Porto Rico. September 24, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Insular Affairs and Message ordered to be printed. Schooner "Regulator." Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims, transmitting findings of fact and conclusions of law in the cases of George F. Chace, administrator of Stephen Chace, and others against the United States, in the French spoliation claims relating to the vessel schooner "Regulator." June 5, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Schooner "Phoenix." Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims, transmitting findings of fact and conclusions of law in the case of the president and directors of the Insurance Company of North America against the United States in the French spoliation claims relating to the vessel schooner "Phoenix." June 5, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Estimate of appropriations -- Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of appropriation in the sum of $301,465 for the manufacture in the current fiscal year, by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing... August 4, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Acts and resolutions enacted by the Seventh Legislative Assembly of Porto Rico. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting copies of the acts and resolutions enacted by the Seventh Legislative Assembly of Porto Rico during its extraordinary session from June 20 to August 19, 1913... August 22, 1914. -- Message referred to the Committee on Insular Affairs and ordered to be printed. Purchases by the Commissioner of Lighthouses in the open market or by private contract, fiscal year ended June 30, 1914. Part II of the annual report of the Commissioner of Lighthouses to the Secretary of Commerce for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1914. October 12, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce and ordered to be printed. Estimate of appropriation, Naval Observatory. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of communication of the Secretary of the Navy submitting estimate of appropriation required by the Navy Department for cleaning, repair, and upkeep of grounds and roads at Naval Observatory, Washington, D.C., for fiscal year ending June 30, 1915. July 1, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Snow "Light Horse." Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting the findings of fact and conclusions of law in the French spoliation claims relating to the snow "Light Horse" in the case of the Maryland Insurance Co. and others against the United States. June 5, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Claims allowed by accounting officers. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting schedules of claims allowed by the several accounting officers of the Treasury Department under appropriations the balances of which have been exhausted or carried to surplus fund. June 20, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Edward W. Whitaker. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a certified copy of the findings of fact and conclusion filed in the case of Edward W. Whitaker against the United States. May 18, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. Immigration station at Boston, Mass. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, submitting item of legislation to increase the limit of cost for the erection of a building or buildings on the site of the immigration station at Boston, Mass. July 15, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. Quarantine station, San Juan, P.R. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, submitting, for the consideration of Congress, in connection with the general deficiency bill, an item of legislation in relation to the quarantine station, San Juan, P.R. June 30, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Personal services, Bureau of Standards. Letter from the Acting Secretary of Commerce requesting that an item of legislation be inserted in any appropriation bill reported from the Committee on Appropriations during the present session of Congress authorizing the employment of personal services in the... August 6, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Contingent expenses, Civil Service Commission. Letter from the President of the Civil Service Commission submitting paragraph to be inserted in the next appropriation bill presented to the House for contingent expenses, Civil Service Commission. August 28, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Veto message relating to act for the relief of George P. Heard. Message from the President of the United States, returning to the House of Representatives without approval House Bill 2728, entitled "An Act for the Relief of George P. Heard." August 27, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Relief of certain officers of the Army. Letter from the Secretary of War, submitting an item of legislation for incorporation in an appropriation bill, as follows: "Provided, that the payment for rent of offices heretofore used in the District of Columbia for the Board of Ordnance and Fortification and the payments heretofore made for rent of such offices are hereby authorized." August 24, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Useless papers, Department of Labor. Letter from the Acting Secretary of Labor, transmitting list of papers and material which are not needed or useful in the transaction of business of the department and have no permanent value or historical interest. September 12, 1914. -- Referred to the Joint Select Committee on Disposition of useless executive papers and ordered to be printed. Temporary employees, Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, requesting the immediate passage of a joint resolution by Congress authorizing the temporary employment of, and payment of compensation to, ... under the provisions of the Act of Congress approved May 30, 1908 (35 Stat., 552), and amendments thereto. September 10, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Post-office building at Winchester, Mass. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, submitting supplemental estimate of appropriation for site and commencement of post-office building at Winchester, Mass. July 15, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Acts and resolutions of Legislative Assembly of Porto Rico. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting copy of the acts and resolutions enacted by the Legislative Assembly of Porto Rico during the regular session ending March 12, 1914, and extraordinary session ending March 26, 1914. May 16, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Insular Affairs and ordered to be printed. Appropriation, Library of Congress. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Library of Congress, submitting an amendment to his estimate for contingent expenses, Library of Congress, by the addition of $500 for photostat supplies. February 13, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Distribution of public documents by Department of Commerce. Letter from the Acting Secretary of Commerce, transmitting detailed statement of the number of documents received and the number distributed by the Department of Commerce during the calendar year 1913. February 12, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Commerce and ordered to be printed. Documents received and distributed by the Treasury Department. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting report showing the number of documents received and distributed by the Treasury Department during the calendar year ended December 31, 1913... February 14, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department and ordered to be printed. William B. Booker. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a certified copy of the findings of fact and conclusion in the case of William B. Booker against the United States. February 12, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. Useless papers, documents, etc., Treasury Department. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting schedules and list of papers, documents, etc., on the files of this department which are not needed in the transaction of public business and have no permanent value... February 12, 1914. -- Referred to the Joint Select Committee on Disposition of Useless Executive Papers and ordered to be printed. Documents distributed by the War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting letter from the Chief of War College Division... accompanied by a report of the documents distributed by the War Department during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1913. February 12, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the War Department and ordered to be printed. Expenses of agents, public building service. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the paragraph of legislation for the urgent deficiency appropriation bill for the public building service, for compensation and traveling expenses of agents to select and recommend sites. February 12, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriation and ordered to be printed. Civilian engineers employed on river and harbor works. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting letter from the Chief of Engineers, accompanied by statement showing the name of each civilian engineer employed between July 1, 1912, and June 30, 1913, in the work of improving rivers and harbors, time so employed, compensation paid, and place at and works on which employed. February 18, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the War Department and ordered to be printed. Deficiency estimate, care and custody of the insane of Alaska. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Interior submitting an estimate of deficiency in the appropriation required by the Department of the Interior to provide for the care and custody of the insane of Alaska... February 18, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Appropriation, Bureau of Naturalization. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting communication from the Secretary of Labor submitting an amendment to his estimate for the fiscal year 1915. February 17, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed. Columbia Hospital for Women and Lying-in Asylum. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication from the Secretary of the Interior submitting an estimate of appropriation in the sum of $200,000 for the completion of the buildings for the Columbia Hospital for Women and Lying-in Asylum, Washington, D.C. February 18, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriation and ordered to be printed. New building for Freedmen's Hospital. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting copy of letter from the Surgeon in Chief of Freedmen's Hospital, with accompanying letter from the advisory visiting staff of that institution, calling attention to the necessity for the erection of a building to provide proper laboratory... February 17, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Deficiencies in appropriations for the postal service. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication from the Postmaster General of the 12th instant, submitting estimates of deficiencies in appropriations for the postal service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1914. February 17, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriation and ordered to be printed. Salaries, Office of the Life-Saving Service. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, submitting supplementary estimate of appropriation for salaries, Office the Life-Saving Service, item for one civil engineer at a salary of $1,800 per annum, increase to $3,000 per annum. February 18, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriation and ordered to be printed. Appropriation, Life-Saving Service. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, submitting an estimate of a deficiency in the appropriation for the Life-Saving Service for the fiscal year 1914. February 18, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Marion (Ind.) Branch, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication from the Secretary of War, submitting an estimate of appropriation in the sum of $9,000... National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, for the Marion Branch, Marion, Ind., for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1914. February 21, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Amounts due claimants for which vessels of the Navy are responsible. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of communication from the Acting Secretary of the Navy.... February 18, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. February 19, 1914. -- Committee on Naval Affairs discharged; referred to Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. For McHenry Military Reservation. Letter from the Secretary of Commerce, submitting an amendment to H.R. 12806... authorizing the Secretary of War to grant the use of Fort M'Henry Military Reservation to the... City of Baltimore, etc., giving the Secretary of Commerce permission to maintain a light and fog signal to mark the channel. February 20, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Interned Mexican soldiers and refugees. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication from the Secretary of State submitting an estimate of appropriation for reimbursement of appropriations for the support of the Army, for the transportation and care of interned Mexican soldiers and refugees. February 25, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Lighthouse Service, Department of Commerce. Letter from the Acting Secretary of Commerce, submitting an amended estimate of appropriation for the Lighthouse Service, Department of Commerce, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1914. February 25, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Salary government actuary. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, submitting supplementary estimate of appropriations for Treasury Department for the fiscal year 1915, under the head of "salaries, office of the Secretary, government actuary." Salary $3,000 per annum, instead of $2,250 per annum. March 10, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Farmer D. Bayless, administrator. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting findings of fact and conclusions in the case of Farmer D. Bayless, administrator of the estate of William B. Bayless, deceased. March 14, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. Lease of buildings, Shiloh National Military Park. Letter from the Secretary of War, submitting an item of appropriation in connection with the sundry civil bill, authorizing the Secretary of War to lease buildings of the park to former owners or other persons, and apply proceeds to the maintenance of the park. March 12, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Salary Assistant Treasurer United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, submitting supplemental estimate of appropriation increasing the salary of the Assistant Treasurer of the United States from $3,600 to $4,500 per annum. March 11, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Expenses and salaries, Customs Service, Panama-Pacific Exposition. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury; submitting an estimate of appropriation for the necessary expenses and salaries, Customs Service, Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco. March 12, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Building for Interstate Commerce Commission. Letter from the Chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission relative to providing a building for use of said commission. March 16, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed. Mildred Van R. French. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting findings of fact and conclusions in the case of Mildred Van R. French, widow of John R. French, Jr., deceased, against the United States. March 14, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. High-power radio stations. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication from the Secretary of the Navy submitting an estimate of appropriation in the sum of $400,000 for high-power radio stations. March 17, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Anne M. Post. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting findings of fact and conclusions in the case of Anne M. Post, widow of James Clarence Post, against the United States. March 14, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Fourteenth Annual Report of the Philippine Commission. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the Fourteenth Annual Report of the Philippine Commission for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1913. February 26, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Insular Affairs and ordered to be printed without accompanying documents. Documents received and distributed by the Department of the Interior. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting the statement showing the documents received and distributed by the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1913. March 26, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Interior and ordered to be printed. Annual report of the Washington Interurban Railway Co. A letter from the Chairman of Executive Committee of the Washington Interurban Railway Co., transmitting annual report for the year ending December 31, 1913. March 25, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. Baltimore and Washington Transit Co. of Maryland. Letter from the president of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia, transmitting report of the Baltimore and Washington Transit Co. of Maryland. March 30, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. Government building, Panama-Pacific International Exposition. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a statement by the Secretary of State recommending an appropriation for the erection of a building... to install a government exhibit at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. April 2, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Industrial Arts and Expositions and ordered to be printed. Printing and binding, War Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication of the Secretary of War submitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation in the sum of $50,000 required... for public printing and binding for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1914. April 25, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Rent for Mills Building, Washington, D.C. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication from the Acting Secretary of the Navy submitting an estimate of appropriation for payment of rent for the Mills Building, Washington, D.C., for the period of 21 days... May 16, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Sanitation of military reservations, Canal Zone. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication from the Secretary of War submitting an estimate of appropriation in the sum of $25,000 required for the service of the War Department for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1915. May 6, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Damages to "J.J. Fleming No. 2." Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication from the Assistant Secretary of Commerce reporting, under Section 4, Act June 17, 1910 (36 Stat., P. 537), claim for damages...in favor of the Fleming Construction Co., of New York. May 6, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Appropriation for War Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication of the Secretary of War submitting estimates of deficiency in appropriations required by the War Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1914. May 9, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Appropriation for certain public buildings. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting additional estimates relative to public building service in connection with projects for which there are not sufficient funds now on hand to carry on the work, etc. May 7, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Deficiency appropriations -- State Department. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of communication of the Secretary of State submitting estimates of deficiencies in appropriations required by the Department of State on account of the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1914. May 21, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Light and fog-signal station, Kauai Island, Hawaii. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication of the Acting Secretary of Commerce, submitting an estimate of appropriation in the sum of $3,000 for completing the establishment of a light... station on the coasts of Kauai Island, Hawaii. March 23, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Branch office of Library of Congress at San Francisco, Cal. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication of the librarian of Congress, submitting an estimate of appropriation in the sum of $30,000 to carry out the provisions of Section 2 of Public Act No. 14, relating to the establishment, equipment, and maintenance of a branch office at San Francisco, Cal. March 24, 1914. -- To the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Peter Daniel. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting findings of fact and conclusions in the case of Peter Daniel against the United States. March 11, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. Deficiency appropriation -- War Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication of the Secretary of War, submitting estimates of deficiencies in appropriations required by the War Department for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1914. March 23, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Franchises granted by Executive Council of Porto Rico. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting certified copies of franchises granted by the Executive Council of Porto Rico. April 21, 1914. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Insular Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Commissioner of Internal Revenue -- beer stamps stolen. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting draft of a bill for the relief of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue to cover the value of beer stamps stolen June 7, 1899, while in transit. March 7, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Bridge across Weymouth Back River at Hingham, Mass. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication from the Acting Secretary of War, submitting an estimate of appropriation in the sum of $15,000, for the reconstruction of a bridge across Weymouth Back River in the Town of Hingham, Mass. April 1, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Estimate of appropriation -- executive residence, Juneau, Alaska. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication of the Assistant Secretary of the Interior submitting an estimate in the sum of $600 forwarded by the Governor of Alaska for repair, preservation, and maintenance... March 30, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Salaries of certain employees, Bureau of Chemistry. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication of the Acting Secretary of Commerce... a draft of a provision for inclusion in the general deficiency bill to pay the salaries of certain employees transferred from the Bureau of Chemistry... July 8, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Esther Emmart. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims, transmitting findings of fact and conclusions in the case of Esther Emmart against the United States. June 12, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on War Claims and ordered to be printed. Estimate of appropriation, salaries and miscellaneous expenses, Division of Naval Militia Affairs. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication of the Secretary of the Navy submitting an estimate of appropriation in the sum of $10,700 for salaries and miscellaneous expenses... March 21, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Post office, etc., San Francisco, Cal. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the Acting Postmaster General, recommending changes in the mailing platform at the post office, court house, etc., at San Francisco, Cal. ... March 21, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Supplemental estimate of appropriation, Signal Corps Laboratory, Washington, D.C. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury... submitting an estimate of appropriation in the sum of $7,500 for the repair and replacement of equipment and material lost and damaged by fire in the Signal Corps Laboratory, Washington, D.C. March 28, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Disposition of useless papers in Department of the Interior. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a list of papers in the Department of the Interior that have no permanent or historical interest, and recommending that authority be granted to destroy them. April 20, 1914. -- Referred to the Joint Select Committee on Disposition of Useless Executive Papers and ordered to be printed. Residence for quarantine officer at Fort Monroe, Va. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting draft of a bill amending the sundry civil act approved June 23, 1913, relating to residence for quarantine officer to be erected at Fort Monroe, Va. April 6, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Safety paper for certificates of naturalization. Letter from the Secretary of Labor, transmitting an item of appropriation to be included in the legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation bill, as follows: $4,200 for the purchase of safety paper for certificates of naturalization now required by law, to be immediately available. April 8, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Appropriations for public-buildings sites. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting list of acceptances issued by the Department of the Treasury for sites for public buildings and submitting estimates for the necessary appropriations therefor. May 13, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Repairs to revenue cutters. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an additional estimate of appropriation for repairs to revenue cutters for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1914, in the sum of $6,444.50. May 5, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Lands pertaining to Lighthouse service. Letter from the Secretary of Commerce, submitting draft of proposed bill to authorize the Secretary of Commerce to exchange rights of way in connection with lands pertaining to the Lighthouse service. March 2, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce and ordered to be printed. Relief of certain disbursing officers. Letter from the Secretary of War, submitting a letter from the Chief of the Quartermaster Corps inclosing copies of estimates which have been submitted to the present session of Congress looking to the relief of certain disbursing officers from disallowances made in their accounts by accounting officers... March 25, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Repairs to old building, Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, submitting an estimate of appropriation in the sum of $17,000 for repairs, painting, vault equipment, etc., old building, Engraving and Printing, and recommending that the matter be made the subject of a special bill and that action be taken at an early date. May 14, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Public-building work. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting supplementary estimate for the public-building work within the limits of cost previously authorized. May 6, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Appropriation, rent of courtrooms. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of communication of the Attorney General submitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation in the sum of $14,675 for rent of courtrooms, United States courts, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1915. May 4, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Appropriation, suppression of counterfeiting, etc. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, submitting an amended estimate of appropriation increasing amount for suppressing counterfeiting and other crimes, from $150,000 to $160,000. May 2, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Reimbursement to certain civilian employees of the Engineer Department at large. Letter from the Secretary of War, submitting an amendment to item in book of estimates, page 548, 1915, under the caption "Reimbursement to certain civilian employees of the Engineer Department at large, United States Army." April 17, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. William Lee Darling. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims, transmitting findings of fact and conclusion in the case of William Lee Darling against the United States. June 19, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Old building of Engraving and Printing. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, resubmitting a communication relative to the necessity for making provision in the old building of Engraving and Printing for the accommodation of the Stamp Division of the Internal-Revenue Bureau, with a view to the utilization of the space in the Treasury Building now occupied by the Stamp Division for the accommodation of the Income Tax Division. April 30, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Florence W. Beardsley. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a certified copy of the findings of fact and conclusion filed in the case of Florence W. Beardsley, widow of George S. Beardsley, deceased, against the United States. May 18, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Quarantine facilities at Providence, R.I. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of appropriation in the sum of $25,000 for quarantine facilities at Providence, R.I., submitted by the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service. April 28, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Appropriation for sites for certain public buildings. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, submitting estimates of appropriation for the acquisition of sites for public buildings at Chariton, Iowa, Farmville, Va., and Mount Carmel, Ill. June 10, 1914. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.	183
Serial set 6759	Index to reports and documents of the 63d Congress, 2d session, December 1, 1913-October 24, 1914, with numerical list and schedule of volumes. Being no. 21 of the "Consolidated Index" provided for the act of January 12, 1895. Compiled under the direction of the superintendent of documents. Compiled under the direction of the U.S. Superintendent of Documents.	1
Serial set 6760	Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, being the third session of the Sixty-third Congress, begun and held at the City of Washington December 7, 1914, in the one hundred and thirty-ninth year of the independence of the United States.	1
Serial set 6761	Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States Sixty-third Congress third session begun and held at the City of Washington December 7, 1914, in the one hundred and thirty-ninth year of the independence of the United States.	1
Serial set 6762	Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America. February 19 (calendar day, February 26), 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Future political status of the people of the Philippine Islands. February 2, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Aids to navigation in the Lighthouse Service. January 4, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Amendments to the Judicial Code. January 5, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Arrest and eradication of foot-and-mouth disease. December 9, 1914. -- Ordered to be printed. Amendment to section 13 of the federal reserve act. January 5, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. District of Columbia appropriation bill. January 5, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Bridge across Rock River, Ill. January 4, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Bridge across the Ohio River at Metropolis, Ill. January 5, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Amendment to Judicial Code. January 5, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Promotion of foreign commerce of the United States by providing adequate shipping facilities. December 16, 1914. -- Ordered to be printed. Port at Nyando, N.Y. December 12, 1914. -- Ordered to be printed. Extending time for completion of bridge across the Delaware River. January 4, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Transfer of lighthouse reservation, Tawas, Mich. December 14, 1914. -- Ordered to be printed. Urgent deficiency bill, 1915. December 29 (calendar day, December 31), 1914. -- Ordered placed on the Calendar. Registration of the bark "Simla." December 11, 1914. -- Ordered to be printed. To provide for eleven supervising inspectors. December 14, 1914. -- Ordered to be printed. Regulation of the service of licensed officers in the merchant marine. December 16, 1914. -- Ordered to be printed. Sale of certain lands in Lyman County, S. Dak. January 26, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Bridge across the back channel of the Ohio River. January 26, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed Boy Scouts of America, etc. January 26, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Details of majors, Ordnance Department. January 26, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Purchase of lands for aviation school. January 26, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Patents issued to Indians in Washington. January 26, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Amending sections 476, 477, and 440 of the Revised Statutes. January 26, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Transportation of the Oregon Agricultural College Cadet Corps. January 26, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Payment of certain moneys to school districts in Oklahoma. January 26, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Compensation of the collector of Customs at Omaha. December 18, 1914. -- Ordered to be printed. Exploration for and disposition of phosphate, oil, gas, and potassium. February 2, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Hood River, Oreg., public building and site. February 2, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Additional judge in the District of New Jersey. February 2, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Commerce between the United States and foreign countries. February 19 (calendar day, March 2), 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Patenting of lands in Utah in lieu of relinquishments made in said state. February 19 (calendar day, February 20), 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Additional circuit judge, Fifth Judicial Circuit. February 19 (calendar day, February 22), 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Pension appropriation bill. February 19 (calendar day, February 22), 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Post-office building at Garden City, Kans. February 17, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Amending certain sections of the Revised Statues. February 18, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Sundry civil appropriation bill. February 18, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. To make Van Buren, Me., a port for certain purposes. February 19 (calendar day, March 3), 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. To extend the privileges of the seventh section of Immediate Transportation Act to Bay City, Mich. February 19 (calendar day, February 24), 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Repeal of penalties on foreign-built vessels owned by Americans. February 19 (calendar day, February 23), 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Mental hygiene and rural sanitation, Public Health Service. February 19 (calendar day, March 1), 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Construction of two revenue cutters. December 11, 1914. -- Ordered to be printed. Amending act to increase internal revenue. December 14, 1914. -- Ordered to be printed. Appointment of Assistant Inspectors, Steamboat Inspection Service. December 14, 1914. -- Ordered to be printed. Bridge across Ohio River. December 12, 1914. -- Ordered to be printed. Life-saving station in the vicinity of Duxbury Reef, Cal. February 4, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Relief of certain entrymen within the limits of the Glacier National Park. February 3, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Validating certain homestead entries. February 19 (calendar day, February 27), 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Bridge across Red River. February 19 (calendar day February 27), 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Salary of Auditor of Supreme Court, District of Columbia. February 11, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Catching of whales in Alaska. February 13, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Quieting title to property in Guthrie, Okla. February 18, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. City of Twin Falls, Idaho. February 17, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Additional land district in California. February 17, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed Agriculture appropriation bill. February 15 (calendar day, February 16), 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. The appointment of assistant inspectors, Steamboat Inspection Service. February 18, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Thanks of Congress to Capt. Thomas Moore. February 19, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Sale of lots in Hot Springs Reservation, Ark. February 17, 1915. -- Ordered to the printed. Quitclaim deed to certain lands in Akron, Ohio. February 17, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Agricultural entries on coal lands. February 17, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. To make Nyando, N.Y., a port for certain purposes. February 19, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Safety of employees and travelers on railroads. February 19 (calendar day, March 3), 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Amending laws relating to judiciary. February 19 (calendar day, March 1), 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Amendment to Sections 4888 and 4889, Revised Statutes. January 8, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Bridge across the Niagara River. January 8, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. New vessels for the Coast and Geodetic Survey. January 8, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Disposal of unserviceable or unsuitable clothing or uniforms furnished by the War Department to the organized militia. January 11, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Additional district judge, Southern District of Georgia. January 13, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Retirement of certain officers on active list of Army. January 11, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Public building at Marlin, Tex. January 9, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Public building site at Vineland, N.J. January 11, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Preservation of certain mineral springs in New Mexico. January 12, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Suspension of paragraph 3 of Rule XVI. January 12, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Revision of printing laws. January 13, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Bridge across the Tennessee River at Decatur, Ala. January 9, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Public building at Roseburg, Oreg. January 11, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Extension of time for completion of bridge at St. Louis, Mo. January 9, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Amendments to the Judicial Code. December 21, 1914. -- Ordered to be printed. Loyal Creek Indians. January 15 (calendar day January 16), 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Public building at Hanover, Pa. January 14, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Old iron fence around Vance Park, Charlotte, N.C. January 14, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Site for statue of Maj. Gen. George Gordon Meade in Washington, D.C. January 14, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Public building site at Huntingdon, Tenn. January 14, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Public roads on certain Indian reservations. January 15, (calendar day, January 19), 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Increasing efficiency of the Organized Militia. January 26, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Recognizing services of certain officers of Army, Navy, and Public Health Service in connection with construction of Panama Canal. January 26, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. To provide for stock-raising homesteads. February 2, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Harbor boat for the Revenue Cutter Service at San Francisco, Cal. February 2, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Bridge across the West Arm of Rocky River, Ohio. February 4, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Life-saving station at the mouth of the Siuslaw River, Oreg. February 4, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Bridge across the Mississippi River at Memphis. February 4, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. To encourage the reclamation of certain arid lands in the State of Nevada. February 3, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Relating to desert land entries. February 3, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Removal of Coenties Reef, East River, N.Y. February 4, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation bill. February 5, (calendar day, February 10), 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. National sanitariums for fraternal organizations. February 3, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Relief of settlers on Flathead Indian Reservation, Mont. February 2, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Army appropriation bill. February 11, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Joint Commission to Investigate Indian Affairs. February 15, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Public building, Seymour, Ind. February 12, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Site for public building, Fort Worth, Tex. February 15(calendar day, February 16), 1915. -- Ordered to be printed Provisional certificates of registry. February 18, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Flood waters of the Rio Grande. February 17, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Appointment of 11 supervising inspectors, Steamboat Inspection Service. February 18, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Lands in Alaska for educational purposes. February 17, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Adjust and settle shortages in certain accounts of the District of Columbia. February 19 (calendar day, February 22), 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Vacating certain lands in Oklahoma. February 15, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. General deficiency bill, 1915. February 19 (calendar day March 2), 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Bridge across the Mississippi River at Keokuk, Iowa. February 19 (calendar day, March 3), 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Rural credits. February 19 (calendar day, February 27), 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Cutting of timber for mining purposes. February 19 (calendar day, February 24), 1915. -- Ordered to be printed Bridge across the Ohio River at Parkersburg, W. Va. February 19 (calendar day, February 27), 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Terms of court at Steubenville, Ohio. February 19 (calendar day, March 2), 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Mixed flour. February 19 (calendar day, March 2), 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Exemption from internal-revenue tax. February 19 (calendar day, February 25), 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Addition of Candler and other counties to Eastern Division of Southern District of Georgia, etc. February 19 (calendar day, February 25), 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Interstate commerce in products of child labor. February 19 (calendar day, March 1), 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. To provide American register for the steamer "Minnesota." February 19 (Calendar day, March 3), 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Immediate transportation of dutiable goods. February 19 (calendar day, February 24), 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Diplomatic and consular appropriation bill. February 19 (calendar day, February 24), 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Safety of employees and travelers upon railroads. February 19 (calendar day, March 3), 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Mother's Day Association. February 19 (calendar day, February 26), 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Certificates of inspection of steam vessels. January 26, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Additional circuit and district judges of the United States in certain cases. February 2, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Post Office appropriation bill. February 5 (calendar day, February 8), 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Development of water power. January 11, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Bridge across Suwanee River, Fla. February 11, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Withholding from allotment the unallotted lands or public domain of the Creek Nation. February 13, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Forest reserve, Red Lake Indian Reservation, Minn. February 15, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Public building at St. Petersburg, Fla. February 11, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Location of navigable channel of the Calumet River in Illinois. February 4, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Term of district court at Salina, Kans. February 3, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Amendment to section 41 of the national bank act. February 4, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Aids to navigation. February 5, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Bridge across the Mississippi River at Muscatine, Lowa. February 18, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution. February 19 (Calendar day, February 26), 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Pike National Forest. February 19 (calendar day, March 2), 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Refund of certain penalties collected under the act of October 3, 1913. February 19 (calendar day, March 2), 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Manufacture of denatured alcohol by mixing domestic and wood alcohol. February 19 (calendar day, February 24), 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Exchange of lands with the State of North Dakota. February 19 (calendar day, February 27), 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Mining experiment and mine safety stations. February 19 (calendar day, March 1), 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Proportion of expenses of the District of Columbia which shall be borne by the District and the United States, respectively. February 19 (calendar day, February 22), 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Indian appropriation bill. February 19 (calendar day, February 22), 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Refund of duties collected on flax-preparatory machines. February 19 (calendar day, March 2), 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Naval appropriation bill. February 19 (calendar day, February 22), 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Military Academy appropriation bill. February 19 (calendar day, February 24), 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Allegation and proof of loyalty in certain cases. February 11, 1915. -- ordered to be printed. Pan American Medical Congress. February 5, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Dams across navigable waters. December 19, 1914. -- Ordered to be printed. Mobile Army and increase of officers. January 26, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. John O. Skinner. January 14, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Tuscarora Nation of New York Indians. January 15 (calendar day, January 16), 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Uniform grading of grain. February 19, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Gilsonite lands within the former Uncompahgre Indian Reservation, Utah. February 18, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Financial conference between the United States and Central and South America. January 15 (calendar day, January 20), 1915. -- Ordered to lie on the table. Relief of homestead entrymen under reclamation projects. February 19 (calendar day, February 24), 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Granting certain lands to Grand Junction, Colo. February 19 (calendar day, February 24), 1915. -- Ordered to be printed.	158
Serial set 6763	River and harbor appropriation bill.	1
Serial set 6764	Second Lieut. Rogers, United States Army. January 9, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Mrs. Max S. Retter. January 9, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Pensions and increase of pensions for certain soldiers and sailors of the Civil War and certain widows and department children of soldiers and sailors of said war. January 5, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Pensions and increase of pensions to certain soldiers and sailors of the regular Army and Navy and of wars other than the Civil War, etc. December 18, 1914. -- Ordered to be printed. Pensions and increase of pensions to certain soldiers and sailors of the Civil War, etc. December 18, 1914. -- Ordered to be printed. Robert W. Thompson. December 18, 1914. -- Ordered to be printed. Lottie Rapp. January 14, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Amos Dahuff. January 26, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Granting pensions and increase of pensions to certain soldiers and sailors of the Civil War, etc. January 26, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Charles G. Griffa. January 26, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Anna Miller. January 6, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Victoria Coffman. January 6, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Sarah B. Hatch. January 6, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Andrew J. Lawrence. January 6, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. James S. Clark. January 6, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Payment to Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. January 6, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Theodore Dehon. January 6, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Hunton Allen. January 6, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Hannah Waldo. January 6, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. William A. Howard. January 6, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Epps Danley. January 6, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Atlantic Canning Co. January 11, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. David Mowen. January 8, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Fred A. Emerson. January 8, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Alonzo D. Cadwallader. January 9, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Pensions and increase of pensions to certain soldiers and sailors of the Civil War, etc. January 11, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Port Angeles City Dock Co. January 8, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Emmett W. Entriken. January 8, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Sandy Crawford. January 8, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Peter McKay. January 8, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Peter Scott. January 9, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. L.V. Thomas. January 8, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Isador Miller. January 9, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Pensions and increase of pensions to certain soldiers and sailors of the regular Army and Navy and of wars others than the Civil War, etc. January 11, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Le Grand C. Cramer. January 9, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Maj. George H. Penrose. January 9, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. For the relief of legal representatives of Parker S. Rouse. January 9, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. F.W. Theodore Schroeter. January 14, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. M.C. Burke. January 13, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. William A. Wallace. January 15, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Daniel J. Bryan. January 13, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Emily J. Byrd. January 13, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Claim of J.O. Modisette. January 13, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Pensions and increase of pensions for certain soldiers and sailors of the Civil War and certain widows and dependent relatives of such soldiers and sailors. January 26, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Joseph A. Powers. January 8, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Arthur Brose. January 8, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Clyde Odum. January 6, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Charles H. Rayfield, Alias Charles H. Czarnowsky. January 26, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed.	48
Serial set 6765	Jacob Barger. February 19 (calendar day, March 3), 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Pensions and increase of pensions for certain soldiers and sailors of the regular Army and Navy, etc. February 11, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Pensions and increase of pensions for certain soldiers and sailors of the Civil War, etc. February 17, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. John L. Sevy. January 26, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Pensions and increase of pensions for certain soldiers and sailors of the regular Army and Navy, etc. February 19 (calendar day, February 24), 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. George Richardson. February 19 (calendar day, February 25), 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Legal representatives of Mrs. H.G. Lamar. February 18, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Capt. Frank E. Evans. February 18, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. James Easson. February 17, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Granting a patent to Joseph Robicheau. February 19 (Calendar day, February 24), 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. John Burrows. February 19, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Robert C. Culbertson. February 19 (calendar day, March 3), 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Pensions and increase of pensions for certain soldiers and sailors of the Regular Army and Navy, etc. February 19 (calendar day, February 24), 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. James Grady. February 19 (calendar day, March 25), 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. John P. Ehrmann. February 19 (calendar day, March 2), 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Walter Dean. February 19 (calendar day, February 27), 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Fred White. February 11, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Granting pensions and increase of pensions to certain soldiers and sailors of the Civil War, etc. February 11, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Joseph Eliot Austin. February 18, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Duncan Grant Richart. January 26, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Fred Graff. February 19 (calendar day, March 3), 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Pensions and increase of pensions to certain soldiers and sailors of the regular Army and Navy and of wars other than the Civil War, etc. February 2, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Lester A. Rockwell. February 2, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Pensions and increase of pensions to certain soldiers and sailors of the Civil War, etc. February 5, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Samson Davis. February 11, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Expenditure of money by candidates for the United States Senate. February 11, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. William Ham. February 19 (calendar day, February 20, 1915). Ordered to be printed. W.F. Crawford. February 19 (Calendar day, March 2), 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Augustus Dudley Hubbell. February 19 (calendar day, March 3), 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Heirs of Joshua Nicholls. February 19 (calendar day, February 25), 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Heirs of W.F. Nichols. February 17, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Charles L. Pritchard. February 19 (calendar day, March 2), 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Pensions and increase of pensions to certain soldiers and sailors of the regular Army and Navy, etc. February 11, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Henry J. Davis. February 19 (calendar day, February 25), 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Frank Henry Rogers. February 17, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed.	35
Serial set 6766	Public buildings in Hawaii. February 22, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Entries under act of May 29, 1908. January 7, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. National advisory committee for aeronautics. February 19, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Addition to Pike National Forest in Colorado. December 21, 1914. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Granting lands to school district No. 44, Chelan County, Wash. January 20, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Lobster-rearing station. January 5, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. District of Columbia appropriation bill. December 7, 1914. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Aids to navigation in the Lighthouse service. December 12, 1914. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Procedure in United States courts. December 12, 1914. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Expenses of the government of the District of Columbia. December 9, 1914. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Amendment to District of Columbia appropriation act for the year ending June 30, 1903. December 9, 1914. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Detail of Army officer for duty with Panama-California Exposition, San Diego, Cal. January 5, 1915. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. To amend an act entitled "An Act Making Appropriations for the Expenses of the Government of the District of Columbia," etc. December 9, 1914. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Bridge across the Ohio River at Metropolis, Ill. January 5, 1915. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Prohibiting interment in the cemetery of the White's Tabernacle in the District of Columbia. January 5, 1915. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Payment of surgeons making examination at claimant's home in connection with claim pending in bureau of Pensions. December 9, 1914. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Divisions of mental hygiene and rural sanitation in the United States Public Health Service. December 15, 1914. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Amending an act entitled "An Act To Codify, Revise, and Amend the Laws Relating to the Judiciary." December 14, 1914. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation bill. December 14, 1914. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Annual assessment of real estate in the District of Columbia. December 9, 1914. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Indian appropriation bill. December 18, 1914. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Patents issued to certain Indians. December 22, 1914. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Urgent deficiency appropriation bill. December 21, 1914. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Temporary extension of time for filing applications for letters patent, etc. December 22, 1914. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Payment of salaries of officers and employees of the Senate and House, December 22, 1914. December 21, 1914. -- Ordered to be printed. Amendment to the Indian Depredation Act. December 19, 1914. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Appointment of eleven supervising inspectors, Steamboat Inspection Service. January 14, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Certificates of inspection of steam vessels. January 15, 1915. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Bridge across the back channel of the Ohio River. January 19, 1915. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Memorial to the late Senator John T. Morgan. January 19, 1915. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Prevention of leprosy in the United States. January 15, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Right of way for pipe line and reservoir, Lincoln National Forest. January 16, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Army appropriation bill. December 29, 1914. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Validating certain homestead entries. January 28, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Extending provisions of enlarged homestead act to State of Kansas. January 29, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Changing name of steamer "General Garretson" to "S.H. Robbins." January 28, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Settlement of shortages in certain accounts of the District of Columbia. December 12, 1914. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Extension of time for completion of bridge at St. Louis, Mo. December 12, 1914. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Lifesaving station, Siuslaw River, Oreg. December 12, 1914. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Construction of two revenue cutters. December 12, 1914. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. International Dry-Farming Congress. December 29, 1914. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Bridge across St. Louis River between Minnesota and Wisconsin. December 12, 1914. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Post office appropriation bill. December 14, 1914. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Amendment of the laws relating to copyrights. January 25, 1915. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Diplomatic and consular appropriation bill. January 26, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Registration of trademarks. January 23, 1915. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Practice of pharmacy and sale of poison in China. January 23, 1915. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Lifesaving station, Duxbury Reef, Cal. January 26, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Pension appropriation bill. January 25, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Chief of Naval Operations. February 2, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed District of Columbia appropriation bill. February 23, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Glacier National Park. February 23, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Army appropriation bill. March 2 (calendar day, March 3), 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Deficiency appropriation bill. March 2, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Federal building at Eureka Springs, Ark. March 2 (calendar day, March 3), 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Bridge across the Mississippi River at Keokuk, Iowa. February 27, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Army appropriation bill. March 2, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Post office appropriation bill. March 2 (calendar day, March 4), 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Refund of certain penalties collected under the act of October 3, 1913. February 26, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Central Railroad Co. March 1, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. March 2, 1915. -- Committee of the Whole House discharged, Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed. Site for public building at Hartford, Conn. February 8, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Public building, Wildwood, N.J. February 18, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Conference of American financiers and bankers. February 19, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Fur-bearing animals in Alaska. January 28, 1915. Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Withholding from allotment certain Indian lands within the Creek Nation. January 27, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Disposition of useless papers in the Department of Commerce. February 23, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Conveying land to city of Bozeman, Mont. February 24, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Army appropriation bill. February 27, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Agricultural appropriation bill. March 1, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Additional district judge, Southern District of Georgia. February 26, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Post office building at Excelsior Springs, Mo. February 12, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Post office at Shenandoah, Iowa. February 18, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Additional circuit and district judges. February 19, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Purchase of Monticello. February 24, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Bridge across the West Arm of Rocky River, Ohio. January 8, 1915. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Safety of employees and passengers on railroads. December 23, 1914. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. January 6, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Register of foreign-built vessels. January 7, 1915. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Fish cultural stations on the Columbia River. January 11, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. To place Barrow County, Ga., in Eastern Division of Northern District of Georgia. January 13, 1915. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Calumet River, Ill. January 9, 1915. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Leasing of oil and gas lands withdrawn from entry. January 12, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Extending time for completion of bridge across the Delaware River. January 11, 1915. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Immigration of aliens. January 9, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. January 11, 1915. -- Ordered to be reprinted. Immediate transportation of dutiable merchandise without appraisement at Nyando, N.Y. January 9, 1915. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. January 12, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Vessels for Coast and Geodetic Survey. January 11, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Claims of Sisseton and Wahpeton Bands of Sioux Indians. January 11, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Legislative reference division of the Library of Congress. December 18, 1914. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Sale of land to Town of Tempe, Ariz. December 19, 1914. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Rivers and harbors appropriation bill. December 19, 1914. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Transportation without appraisement of imported merchandise at Pembina, N. Dak. December 22, 1914. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Naval appropriation bill. January 16, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Legislative journals as second-class matter. January 16, 1915. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Revision of right of way of Great Northern Railway Co. January 18, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Reservation of school lands in Alaska. January 14, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. To repeal penalties on foreign-built vessels owned by Americans. January 19, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Appointment of certain assistant inspectors, Steamboat Inspection Service. January 14, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Provisional certificates of registry of vessels abroad. January 19, 1915. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Sanitary conditions in composing rooms. January 16, 1915. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Additional land district in California. December 29, 1914. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Postponement of the sale of fur-seal skins. December 31, 1914. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Military training schools. January 23, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Bridge across the Mississippi River at Memphis, Tenn. January 22, 1915. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Relief of homestead entrymen under reclamation projects. February 2, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. White and Negro races on cars in the District of Columbia. February 1, 1915. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Dissolution of the Foundation for the Promotion of Industrial Peace. February 4, 1915. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Public building site at Marion, N.C. February 23, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. General deficiency appropriation bill. February 24, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Joint Commission to Investigate Indian Affairs. February 20, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. National employment bureau. February 20, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Immigration of aliens. February 5, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Validating certain homestead entries. February 4, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Boy Scouts of America. February 3, 1915. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Quieting title to property. February 4, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Post office at Carlisle, Pa. February 5, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Military Academy appropriation bill. February 5, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Immediate transportation of dutiable merchandise without appraisement at Van Buren, Me. February 22, 1915. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Consent of the United States for the State of Louisiana to institute suit against the United States. February 10, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed Public building at Biddeford, Me. February 9, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Public building at Bath, Me. February 9, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Public building, Superior, Nebr. February 9, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Post Office appropriation bill. March 2 (calendar day, March 3), 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Indian appropriation bill. March 4, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Bridge across the Suwanee River, Fla. February 13, 1915. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Arid lands in Nevada. February 18, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Public building at Manchester, N.H. February 18, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Public building at Long Beach, Cal. February 18, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Additional judge for District of New Jersey. February 17, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Fortifications appropriation bill. February 18, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Pan American Medical Congress. February 15, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Federal Motion Picture Commission. February 16, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Bridge across the Mississippi River, Burlington, Iowa. February 19, 1915. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Bridge across the Ohio River at or near Sciotoville, Ohio. December 15, 1914. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Delivery of condemned cannon, etc. January 28, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Agriculture appropriation bill. December 30, 1914. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Assessments on Indian allotments of state rural highways. January 25, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Granting certain lands to Grand Junction, Colo. January 22, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Urgent deficiency bill. January 20, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Repeal of section 9 of the naval personnel act. January 20, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Protection of water supply of Nevadaville, Colo. January 22, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. To amend "An Act To Regulate Commerce." February 1, 1915. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Candler and Evans Counties, Ga. February 3, 1915. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Bridge across Pearl River at Bogalusa, La. March 1, 1915. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Naval appropriation bill. March 2 (Calendar day, March 3), 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Extension of homestead law in the State of South Dakota. March 1, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Sundry civil appropriation bill. March 1, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Public building at Putnam, Conn. March 1, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Useless papers in Treasury Department. March 2, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Reservation of school lands in Alaska. February 27, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Military Academy appropriation bill. March 2, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Bridge across Missouri River near Kansas City. February 27, 1915. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Medal of Honor to Maj. John O. Skinner. March 1, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Agriculture appropriation bill. March 2, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Exchange of lands with North Dakota. February 27, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Navy mail lines. February 27, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Useless papers in Department of Labor. March 1, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Certain publications for Congressional distribution. March 2, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Diplomatic and consular appropriation bill. March 2 (calendar day, March 3), 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Validating titles to certain town sites in Montana. February 10, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. District judge, district attorney, and marshal for the Western District of South Carolina. February 10, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Post office building at Cohoes, N.Y. February 9, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Crater Lake National Park revenue fund. February 8, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Public building at Blytheville, Ark. February 13, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Public building site at Binghamton, N.Y. February 13, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Name for federal building at Minneapolis, Minn. February 11, 1915. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Bridge across the Ohio River, W. Va. and Ohio. February 13, 1915. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Public building at Elkins, W. Va. February 13, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Child-labor bill. February 13, 1915. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Chicot and Desha Counties, Ark. February 3, 1915. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Creating the Rural Credit Commission. February 4, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Sundry civil appropriation bill. February 4, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Amending public buildings act of March 4, 1913. February 19, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Exchange of certain lands in Utah. February 19, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Opening of the Dalles-Celilo Canal. February 23, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Post office building at Garden City, Kans. February 24, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. National University of the United States. February 23, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation bill. February 25, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Seaman's bill. February 24, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Public building site, Oakland, Cal. February 5, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Additional judge, fifth judicial circuit. February 5, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Relief of desert-land entrymen. February 27, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation bill. March 2, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. District of Columbia appropriation bill. February 27, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Elimination of adult illiteracy. March 2, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Naval mail lines. March 2 (Calendar day, March 3), 1915. -- Ordered to be printed.	186
Serial set 6767	George W. Laland. December 14, 1914. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. James T. Petty and others. December 8, 1914. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Pensions and increase of pensions for certain soldiers and sailors of the Civil War, etc. December 8, 1914. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Pensions and increase of pensions for certain soldiers and sailors of the Civil War. January 5, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Helen L. Bremner. December 19, 1914. -- Ordered to be printed. Attendant for ladies' retiring room. December 19, 1914. -- Ordered to be printed. Appropriations -- Post Office Department. December 19, 1914. -- Ordered to be printed. George Curtis Peck. December 19, 1914. -- Ordered to be printed. Patent for land to William G. Kerckhoff. December 19, 1914. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Additional telephone operator. December 19, 1914. -- Ordered to be printed. Arthur J. Floyd. December 19, 1914. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. John A. Ferry. January 15, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Matthew McDonald. December 30, 1914. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Gustav Hertfelder. December 29, 1914. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Pay inspector F.T. Arms, United States, Navy. January 25, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. James F. Gorman. January 19, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. William J. Blake. January 19, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. William W. Fineren. January 19, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Frederick J. Birkett. December 16, 1914. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Pensions and increase of pensions for certain soldiers and sailors of the Regular Army and Navy, etc. January 7, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Time for consideration of H.J.Res. 1. January 12, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Ellery B. Wilmar. January 8, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Distribution of President's message of December 8, 1914. December 21, 1914. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Consideration of amendment to the Constitution of the United States in re intoxicating liquors. December 22, 1914. -- Ordered to be printed. Anna J. Oursler. December 19, 1914. -- Ordered to be printed. Information from War Department. January 14, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Maj. William O. Owen. January 18, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Pensions and increase of pensions for certain soldiers and sailors of the Regular Army and Navy, etc. January 21, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Thomas P. Darr. January 19, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Pensions and increase of pensions for certain soldiers and sailors of the Civil War, etc. January 19, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Southern Transportation Co. January 25, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Georgia Railroad & Banking Co. January 25, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Lyman D. Drake, Jr. January 25, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Dommick Taheny and John W. Mortimer. January 19, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Louis Landram. January 19, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Frederick J. Birkett. January 15, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. George Richardson. January 7, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.	38
Serial set 6768	Lillie M. Reesch. March 2 (calendar day, March 3), 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Pensions and increase of pensions for certain soldiers and sailors of the regular Army and Navy, etc. January 28, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Homer Rock. February 9, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Warren V. Howard. February 13, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Statue of George Washington Glick. January 29, 1915. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Claims of certain settlers in Sherman County, Oreg. February 24, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. William McKinley Cobb. March 2, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Omnibus pension Bill (S. 7597). March 2 (calendar day, March 3), 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Clerical assistance for Committee on Enrolled Bills. March 2, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Nellie M. Murdock. March 2, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Payment of certain session employees. March 2 (calendar day, March 3), 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Eva G. Bond and Daisy E. Jackson. February 9, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Collector of Customs of Laredo District. January 28, 1915. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Alfred S. Lewis. January 28, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed George E. Lerrigo. January 26, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. S.W. Langhorne and legal representatives of H.S. Howell. January 27, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. W.F. Crawford. February 3, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Pensions and increase of pensions to certain soldiers and sailors of the regular Army and Navy, etc. February 25, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Official conduct of Alston G. Dayton, United States district judge for the Northern District of West Virginia. March 2 (calendar day, March 3), 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Pensions and increase of pensions to certain soldiers and sailors of the regular Army and Navy, etc. March 2 (calendar day, March 3), 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Pensions and increase of pensions for certain soldiers and sailors of the Civil War. February 10, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Releasing claim to lot No. 306, Pensacola, Fla. March 4, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Pensions and increase of pensions to certain soldiers and sailors of the Regular Army and Navy and of wars other than the Civil War, etc. February 25, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Pensions and increase of pensions for certain soldiers and sailors of the Civil War, etc. February 19, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Mollie H. Pumphrey. February 3, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Charles A. Spotts. February 2, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. American Towing & Lightering Co. February 3, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. John Burrows. February 3, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Teresa Girolami. February 3, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Joe Davis. February 3, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. John A. Ryan. February 3, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Frank H. Walker and Frank E. Smith. February 3, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Richard H. Wilson. February 3, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Joseph A. Jennings. February 3, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Kate Chateau. March 1, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Pensions and increase of pensions to certain soldiers and sailors of the Civil War, etc. February 25, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Omnibus pension Bill (S. 6981). March 2 (calendar day, March 3), 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Mrs. Joseph Camron. February 9, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Investigation of alleged official misbehavior of Judge Alston G. Dayton. February 9, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Austin G. Tainter. February 5, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Omnibus pension bill (S. 7509). March 2 (calendar day, March 3), 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Proceedings in Congress upon the acceptance of the statue of George Washington Glick. March 2, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Extra clerical assistance and messenger service. March 2, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Omnibus pension bill (S. 7598). March 2 (calendar day, March 3), 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Omnibus pension bill (S. 7212.). March 2 (calendar day, March 3), 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Remains of the late Robert Caldwell Culbertson. February 5, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Consideration of S. 5259. February 16, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. John L. Leonard. January 26, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Sale of land. January 27, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. A.W. Sudduth. January 28, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Consideration of H.R. 20975. February 2, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Wilber H. Estey. January 30, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. James Bookhamer. February 26, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Ellen B. Monahan. February 26, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Heirs of John Howard Payne. February 26, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Journal of the Forty-ninth Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic. March 2, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Temporary Committee on the District of Columbia. March 2, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. G.D. Ellis. March 2, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Omnibus pension bill (H.R. 21218). March 2 (calendar day, March 3), 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Norman E. Ives. March 2, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Omnibus pension Bill (S. 7566). March 2 (calendar day, March 3), 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. William Hensley. February 9, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Heirs of Frank Henry Rogers. February 9, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Nabor and Victoria Leon. February 9, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Amato Castellano, Libero Baranello, and Michele Baranello. February 9, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Losses in wreck of "Tahoma." February 9, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Contributions to Ellen M. Stone ransom fund. February 11, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Adjudication of certain claims by the Court of Claims. February 11, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Pensions and increase of pensions for certain soldiers and sailors of the Civil War, etc. February 12, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Arthur W. Fowler. February 3, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Peter McKay. February 3, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Reference of certain claims to Court of Claims. February 24, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Charles A. Lester. February 23, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Simon M. Preston. February 3, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Charlotte M. Johnson. February 3, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Pensions and increase of pensions to certain soldiers and sailors of the regular Army and Navy, etc. March 3, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed. Daniel Jordan. January 28, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Certain land in Pensacola, Fla. March 4, 1915. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed Pensions and increase of pensions for certain soldiers and sailors of the Civil War. February 15, 1915. -- Ordered to be printed.	86

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